Lok Sabha Question No. 2084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Kisan Credit Card Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel, K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2084

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  March, 2023

## KISAN CREDIT CARD SCHEME

2084.    SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL: SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एं व षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of number of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) applications applied, approved/granted and rejected under the Kisan Credit Card Scheme, State/UT-wise and district-wise particularly in Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of eligibility criteria for applying for KCC;
- (c) the steps taken by the Union Government to raise awareness on KCC;
- (d) the details of the amount being provided to KCC holder farmers in tribal areas;
- (e) the details of the amount being provided to KCC holder farmers of Madhya Pradesh in animal husbandry and fisheries sector; and
- (f) the number of KCC holder farmers under Khargone Barwani Parliamentary Constituency who have been provided funds and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एं व षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a):  The  Government  has  been  running  a  campaign  for  saturation  of  KCC  to  farmers  since, February, 2020 to cover all left over farmers. As per the status of this KCC saturation drive as on 24.02.2023, the details of KCC application received and sanctioned in Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are given below:

| State          | Applications Received   | Applications Sanctioned   |
|----------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | 30,64,301               | 28,55,683                 |
| Tamil Nadu     | 20,50,436               | 18,48,109                 |

District wise data is not maintained.

(b): (i) As per RBI's Master Circular on KCC dated 4 th  July 2018, the eligibility is as below:

-  Farmers - individual/joint borrowers who are owner cultivators;
-  Tenant farmers, oral lessees & share croppers;
-  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  or  Joint  Liability  Groups  (JLGs)  of  farmers  including  tenant farmers, share croppers etc.

(ii)  As  per  RBI's  circulars  dated  4 th February  2019  and  18 th May  2022  the  criteria  for  eligible beneficiaries under KCC for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries is as below:

## 1 Fishery

## 1.1 Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture

1.1.1  Fishers,  Fish  Farmers  (individual  &  groups/  partners/  share  croppers/  tenant farmers), Self Help Groups, Joint Liability Groups and women groups.

## 1.2 Marine Fisheries

1.2.1 Beneficiaries listed at 1.1.1 above, who  own  or lease registered fishing vessel/boat, possess necessary fishing license/permission for fishing in estuary and sea, fish farming/mariculture activities in estuaries and open sea and any other State specific fisheries and allied activities.

## 2 Poultry and small ruminant

2.1 Farmers, poultry farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self  Help  Groups  including  tenant  farmer  of  sheep/goats/pigs/poultry/birds/rabbit  and having owned/rented/leased sheds.

3 Dairy

3.1 Farmers and Dairy farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmers having owned /rented/leased sheds.

(c): To raise the awareness on KCC, Government has been running a campaign for saturation of KCC to farmers since, February, 2020 to cover all left over farmers with special focus on PM KISAN  beneficiaries.  As  on  24.02.2023,  400.09  lakh  new  KCC  applications  have  been sanctioned with a sanctioned credit limit of Rs. 4,69,989 crore as part of the drive.

(d):  The  details  of  the  amount  being  provided  to  KCC  holder  farmers  in  tribal  areas  is  not maintained.

(e):  In  Madhya  Pradesh,  the  amount  provided  to  KCC  holders  since  2020-23  under  Animal Husbandry and Fisheries is Rs. 681.12 crore (data is provisional).

(f): District-wise data is not maintained.

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