Lok Sabha Question No. 2679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Pasu Kisan Credit Card Scheme
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2679

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## PASU KISAN CREDIT CARD SCHEME

## 2679. SRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱनऔरडेयरीमंत्री

be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government has introduced Pasu Kisan Credit Card  scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- b) the date on which the said scheme has been implemented; and
- c) the details of the achievements made under the scheme during the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b) Yes, Sir, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its circular FIDD.CO.FSD. BC.12/05.05.010/2018-19  dated  February  04,  2019  has  extended  the  Kisan  Credit  Card  Scheme (KCC)  facility  to  farmers  engaged  in  animal  husbandry  and  fisheries  for  their  working  capital requirement.The  KCC  facility  will  meet  the  short-term  credit  requirement  of  rearing  of  animals, birds, fish, shrimp, other aquatic organisms,capture of fish. Under KCC scheme, loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh is collateral free.
- (c) State/UT wise details of KCC sanctioned to animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries farmers during the current year (2022-23) as on 22.07.2022 are given at Annexure.

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## State/UT wise details of KCC sanctioned to Animal husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries farmer during the current year (2022-23) as on 22.07.2022

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/UT       | Number of KCC Sanctioned   |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | A&N Islands            | 477                        |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         | 10,797                     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 4                          |
| 4         | Assam                  | 3,162                      |
| 5         | Bihar                  | 6,099                      |
| 6         | Chandigarh             | 380                        |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh           | 1,714                      |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | -                          |
| 9         | Daman and Diu          | 38                         |
| 10        | Delhi                  | 114                        |
| 11        | Goa                    | 130                        |
| 12        | Gujarat                | 48,291                     |
| 13        | Haryana                | 15,531                     |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh       | 4,555                      |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir      | 6,745                      |
| 16        | Jharkhand              | -                          |
| 17        | Karnataka              | 8,423                      |
| 18        | Kerala                 | 1,688                      |
| 19        | Ladakh                 | 460                        |
| 20        | Lakshadweep            | 7                          |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh         | 50,953                     |
| 22        | Maharashtra            | 7,933                      |
| 23        | Manipur                | 160                        |
| 24        | Meghalaya              | 408                        |
| 25        | Mizoram                | 1,271                      |
| 26        | Nagaland               | 176                        |
| 27        | Odisha                 | 2,554                      |
| 28        | Puducherry             | 320                        |
| 29        | Punjab                 | 25,267                     |
| 30        | Rajasthan              | 28,739                     |
| 31        | Sikkim                 | 369                        |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu             | 57,356                     |
| 33        | Telangana              | 3,251                      |
| 34        | Tripura                | 653                        |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh          | 35,896                     |
| 36        | Uttarakhand            | 2,944                      |
| 37        | West Bengal            | 6,299                      |
|           | Total                  | 3,33,164                   |

Source: D/o Financial Services