Kulgam: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Athar Aamir Khan, Thursday chaired a meeting of the District Level Technical Committee (DLTC) at the Mini Secretariat, Kulgam, to finalize the Scale of Finance for the year 2026–27 for agriculture and allied sectors, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Sheep Husbandry, Sericulture etc
During the meeting, the chair was briefed on the agenda, followed by detailed deliberations with the Chief Planning Officer, General Manager, ACC Bank, Lead District Manager, sectoral officers and representatives of various banks on input costs for crops and allied activities such as fodder, fertilizers, pesticides, labour, manure and maintenance of dairy animals.
Subsequently, the committee finalized the proposed Scale of Finance for short-term agricultural loans, which will be forwarded to the State Level Technical Committee for approval.
Once approved, the Scale of Finance will form a key basis for the preparation of the District Potential Credit Plan and will guide banks in fixing crop loan and Kisan Credit Card limits for the financial year 2026–27. The meeting was attended by Joint Director Planning, Malik Suhail, along with other concerned officers.
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