District Central Cooperative Banks across Uttarakhand have disbursed interest free loans worth of Rs 150 crore to around 25k farmers associated with Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACCs).
The disbursement was done during the inauguration of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Sahakarita Kisan Kalyan Yojana by the State Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat last week from Dehradun. The program was streamed live at 100 locations where scores of farmers registered their participation. Under the scheme, farmers are getting interest free loans upto Rs 3 lakh.
On the occasion the respective DCCBs organized a function at several locations in which the local MP and others participated. Several DCCBs also handed over the cheque to the beneficiaries.