Farmers to receive ₹11,500 crore as crop loans, says TN Minister
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Minister for Cooperation I. Periyasamy said the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Banks have been instructed to enrol a greater number of farmers as new members, before the disbursal of the crop loans
The Department of Cooperation plans to give crop loans to the tune of ₹11,500 crore to farmers this fiscal, besides enrolling new members in Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies, Minister for Cooperation I. Periyasamy has said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday after chairing a meeting to review the operations of the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Banks (PACBs) and the cooperative banks of Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts, he said the PACBs had been instructed to enrol a greater number of farmers as new members before the disbursal of the crop loans.
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