Credit societies to act as BCs for farm credit in Maharashtra

.....The decision was taken at the state-level banking committee meeting here today which was attended by representatives from the RBI, top officials of nationalised banks and the chief minister himself. A total of Rs 750 crore has been disbursed to four lakh farmers in the affected districts while Rs 500 crore more is yet to be disbursed, the press note said. At the meeting, Chavan asked the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank to take lead in facilitating flow of these funds by helping the nationalised banks and RRBs, the statement said.......

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