date:Jul 21, 2014
creased and uninterrupted credit flow to farmers and to avoid high cost market borrowings by NABARD, the minister proposed to allocate an amount of $8.36 billion for STCRC Fund during 2014-15.
The issue of profitability of small holding based agriculture has assumed importance in view of increasing proportion of small and marginal farmers in the country, the minister stressed.
Jaitley proposed to supplement NABARDs Producers Organization Development Fund for Producers development and up liftme