Commendable schemes being made by the Agricultural Bank for women and employees

Chairman of Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, Shri Sanjay Singh Chauhan inaugurated a main camp of important camp meetings on the occasion of celebrating International Cooperative Year at Nankhari today. On this occasion, about 150 important representatives of nearby cooperative societies and banks were present who duly provided information about the working style of the cooperative society in their respective areas, the benefits received and the problems being faced. In the meeting, the General Manager of the bank, Raj Narayan Jamalta, gave detailed information about the beneficial loan schemes being run for farmers, gardeners and workers. On this occasion, the Director of the bank’s Shimla region, Devi Singh Jistu also threw light on the activities of the bank. Sanjay Chauhan said on this occasion that the bank has currently decided to speed up the loan distribution for the farmers of the state under various schemes of the Government of India and the State Government. He said that as per the guidelines of the Honorable Chief Minister of the state government, Thakur Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu ji, the bank is also considering bringing new loan schemes for women and youth. He said that the bank has decided to celebrate the financial year 2025-26 as the International Cooperative Year as well as the Loan Distribution Year so that easy loans can be provided to the farmers, gardeners and workers of the state at easy installments and simple interest rates. Sanjay Chauhan said in his address that the Honorable Chief Minister is going to bring a lump sum loan repayment scheme for those farmers who have not been able to deposit their loan installments on time due to some reason, in which 50 percent of the total interest of agricultural loan up to Rs 3 lakh is being considered for waiver. He appealed to the participants present to take advantage of the welfare loan schemes of Baibak and also take advantage of the fixed deposit scheme. SHO Nankari gave information against drug abuse in the meeting.