Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers covered under KCC

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaApril 28, 2022

The Deputy Commissioner, West Jaintia Hills District has informed that a sprint campaign from 24th  April 2022 to 1st May 2022 has been initiated by the Central Government to cover remaining farmers under Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari.

All PM-KISAN beneficiaries are requested to approach the bank branch where they have PM KISAN account for issue of KCC to avail the benefit of concessional institutional credit.

PM-KISAN beneficiaries are auto approved for KCC and required to simply visit the nearest bank branch with documents along with the filled up prescribed one page form for availing the benefit.

Those with existing KCC can seek enhancement of limit, if required. Those with inactive KCC may approach the bank branch for activation and sanction of fresh limit.

KCC benefit has now been extended to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers also and farmers can approach the branch for sanction of additional limit.

All banks have been advised to organize special FLC/camps and provide a separate window for accepting KCC applications and to cover all eligible under social security schemes (PMSBY, PMJJBYAPY).

Officers of line departments including Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Community and Rural Development Department (including Bank Sakhi under NRLM) will facilitate dissemination of awareness among all PM-KISAN beneficiaries and motivate them to visit the bank branch where they have PM-KISAN account for enrollment under KCC.

A simplified form of one page has been developed tor coverage of PM-RISAN beneficiaries under KCC wherein they have to provide only the copy of the land record document and the crop sown and approach the bank branch from where they are drawing PM-KISAN benefit, for issue of KCC to them (available on www.agricoop.gov.in, www.pmkisan.gov.in and on websites of Scheduled Commercial Banks). Procedure of filling up a simplified form for PM KISAN beneficiaries through Common

Service Centres has also been activated and beneficiaries can visit these centres for easy enrollment under KCC.

For clarifications, Branch Manager of concerned bank branch may be contacted.