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A QR code-enabled Smart Farmer Identification Card (SFIC) has been launched successful Puducherry astatine the precocious held State Level Bankers’ Committee gathering here.
Minister for Agriculture C. Djeacoumar launched the paper successful the beingness of Finance Secretary Krishna Mohan Uppu, Secretary, Agriculture and Yasin Mohammed Choudhary. The paper replaces accepted booklet-style individuality cards with a azygous integer individuality for availing harvest loans, subsidies, and different services, an authoritative merchandise said.
Supported by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) nether its Farm Sector Promotion Fund, with a assistance of ₹9. 50 lakh, the SFIC would guarantee transparency, trim delays and pave the mode for paperless cultivation financing, the merchandise said.
The Minister, successful his address, urged banks to utilise CSR funds to enactment farmers by providing them with cultivation tools. “The Smart Card volition guarantee real-time verification, transparency and prevents duplication,” helium said
Indian Bank Executive Director Shiv Bajrang Singh, NABARD wide manager P. S Harikrishnaraj and RBI wide manager Rajkumar were among others who attended the event.
