DH NEWS SERVICE
KULGAM, Jan 24
A meeting of District Level Technical Committee (DLTC) was today held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Athar Aamir Khan, to finalize the Scale of Finance for the year 2025-26 for Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, Fisheries, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Floriculture at mini-secretariat here.
The participants deliberated on various factors like input prices and market prices of commodities for assessing the Scale of Finance for providing short term loans to the farmers in the shape of Working Capital for various field crops.
Information was shared with the attendees on the prices of various sub items such as fodder, fertilizer, pesticides, labour value addition and manure, etc for growing the crops and maintenance of dairy animals. Keeping in view the inflation rate and the cost of inputs, the scale of finance for each crop was decided.
The Convenor DLTC Kulgam briefed the meeting that the rates finalised by the Chairman of the Committee will be forwarded to the State Level Technical Committee for approval.
Chairman Committee (DDC) while speaking on the occasion said that agriculture and allied sectors are the backbone of sustenance and an important economic activity and the credit facility to the farmers will be instrumental in boosting the sector. He directed the banks to be liberal in lending these small loans to farmers without any delays.
DC emphasized the line departments to send the revised work sheet feedback to Convener DLTC at the earliest so that it can be forwarded to SLTC on time.
The meeting, convened by Nodal Officer ACC Bank Anantnag/Kulgam was attended by Chief Agriculture Officer, Chief Horticulture Officer, Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, District Sheep Husbandry Officer, District Floriculture Officer, Cluster Bank JKB, A D Fisheries, Manager SBI, Manager EDB, DDM NABARD, KVK Pombay among others.
