Target of Rs 20,810 crore crop loan to 30 lakh farmers this year: Minister S T Somashekar
Bengaluru, May 31: Karnataka Cooperation Minister S T Somashekar on Monday said his department has set a target of Rs 20,810 crore crop loan to 30 lakh farmers of the state in the current fiscal.
"In the last financial year we had exceeded the target by achieving 114.70 per cent crop loan to the farmers.
This year, on the directions of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa we have set a target of Rs 20,810 crore crop loan to 30 lakh farmers," Somashekar said at a press conference.
According to him, last fiscal his department had set a target of Rs 15,400 crore loan to 24.5 lakh farmers.
However, the Apex Cooperative Bank and the 21 District Cooperative Banks gave a loan of Rs 17,490 to 25.93 lakh farmers, which is 114.70 per cent.
Somashekar said that he would meet the officials of the DCC banks to urge them to intensify the crop loan drive.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
