FAISALABAD: Interest free agriculture loans of Rs580 million have been provided to 7173 farmers of the district through E credit scheme under CM Punjab Kissan Package.
This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Salman in a meeting of District Agriculture Advisory Committee held here on Sunday. Director Agriculture Ch. Abdul Hameed briefed the meeting. The meeting was informed that the agriculture loan of Rs.193 million had been provided to 1352 farmers by the ZTBL, Rs 100 million to 809 million by National Bank of Pakistan, Rs 28 million to 475 farmers by Tameer Bank and Rs 258.70 million to 4537 farmers by Akhuwat Micro Finance.
Deputy Commissioner directed the representatives of banks for providing details of pending applications of the farmers and said that no application should be delayed without any justification.