NABARD Current Affairs, GK & News
NABARD approves credit plan for rearing Yak Husbandry
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) approved a credit plan on September 28, 2021 for yak husbandry in Arunachal Pradesh. Key facts This credit plan for yak husbandry will help herders in securing loans for strengthening their livelihoods. This scheme was developed by “National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY)” located at Dirang in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Concerns with Yak Population • credit plan for rearing Yak Husbandry • NABARD • State of Arunachal Pradesh • Yak • Yak population in India
Rajasthan: AU SFB- NABARD to boost rural development projects
Private sector AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) signed a pact with the National Bank for Rural and Development (NABARD) on September 29, 2021 in a bid to boost ongoing rural development initiatives in the state of Rajasthan. Highlights A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of NABARD Chairman and Managing Director of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: AU SFB • AU Small Finance Bank Limited • Ministry of Finance • NABARD
Merger of DCCBs with StCBs
Reserve Bank of India will consider merger of District Central Co-operative Banks (DCCBs) with State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) if the concerned state government will make any proposal. Highlights RBI has notified the guidelines for merging DCCBs with StCBs as two-tier Short-term Co-operative Credit Structure (STCCS). Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 has also been notified in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Cooperative banking • Cooperative Banks • District Central Co-operative Banks • NABARD • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) • State Cooperative Banks
India’s first Agriculture Export Facilitation Centre set up at Pune
The Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture and NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) recently launched the first Agricultural Export Facilitation Centre. About the Centre The Centre will aid in boosting the agricultural and food exports of the state of Maharashtra. The centre will act as a one-stop shop to export agricultural ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Agri Export Policy • Agricultural Export Facilitation Centre • agricultural exports • Agriculture • farmer welfare • Maharashtra • NABARD
Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) recently announced that it provided Rs 1,236 crores to Assam in 2020-21 from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). What is RIDF? It was created in 1995-96 with an initial corpus of Rs 2,000 crores. In 2020-21, Rs 29,848 crores was allocated to RIDF. With this ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Assam • Energy conservation • Fishing • NABARD • Photovoltaic system • RIDF • Rural Connectivity • rural infrastructure