Bank seeks due date extension for crop loan repayment
- | Tuesday | 21st March, 2017
He noted that over 92,000 farmers had availed themselves of short-term crop loans and nearly 50,000 farmers had availed themselves of medium-term crop loans from 167 primary agriculture credit cooperative societies in the region. It is for the first time that farmers in the region have become defaulters, who, otherwise, had been prompt in repayment. The South Canara District Central Cooperative Bank (SCDCC) has urged the Chief Minister to extend the due date for agriculture loan repayment till April-end so as to enable defaulting farmers to avail themselves of interest subsidy. Mr. Kumar said that the defaulter tag is preventing farmers from availing themselves of interest subsidy offered by the government. Rajendra Kumar said that hundreds of farmers in undivided Dakshina Kannada have become defaulters for not repaying loans owing to severe drought and demonetisation.
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