PNB launches new scheme for farmers

Kozhikode, Mar 2 (UNI) The public sector commercial banking major Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched a new scheme, 'Sampuran Rin Yojana' aimed at supplementing the income of farmers reeling under debt following crop failure.

Under the scheme, the farmers were provided credit for meeting expenditure on growing crops, rearing animals, purchase of farm assets like tractor, pumpset, combine harvester, farm equipments and consumption needs, Zonal Manager S P Singh said in a release today.

The bank had launched several other agricultural credit schemes for meeting farmers' credit needs, he said.

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