A single window credit assistance to the farmers for their cultivation and other working capital needs for next five years as under:
To meet the short term credit requirements for cultivation of crops
Post harvest expenses
Consumption requirements of farmer household
Working capital for maintenance of farm assets and activities allied to agriculture like dairy animals, inland fishery, etc.
Investment credit requirement for agriculture and allied activities like pump sets, sprayers, dairy animals etc.
Eligibility
All farmers-individual/ joint borrowers who are owner cultivators
Tenant farmers, oral lessees and share croppers
Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) of farmers including tenant farmers, share croppers, etc.
Quantum of finance
Quantum of finance under the schemeto a farmer is determined based on Cropping pattern, Extent of cultivation of each crop andScale of financed fixed for the crops.