Sri Vijaya Puram, Mar 12: The State Level Technical Committee Meeting (SLTC) review meeting for fixation of scale of finance of various seasonal crops, vegetables, floriculture, fruits, spices, honeybee rearing, and Medicinal & Aromatic crops grown in A & N Islands including fixation of scale of finance to KCC–Fishermen and KCC–Animal Husbandry as working capital for the year 2026–27 was held on 12th March 2026 at 09:30 AM in the Conference Hall of NABARD, R.O., A & N Islands under the Chairmanship of Mr. Rakesh Das, DANICS, Director of Agriculture, Sri Vijaya Puram, A & N Administration.
At the outset, Mr. Omkar Nath, AGM (Dev.), A & N StCB Ltd., Sri Vijaya Puram, welcomed Mr. Rakesh Das, DANICS, Chairman, SLTC; Mr. G. Santhanam, General Manager, NABARD; Dr. K. A. Naveen, Director, AH & VS; Mr. P. K. Ummer Farooq, Chief Manager, UTLBC (Convenor); Dr. K. Gopal, Joint Director, Fisheries Dept.; Mr. Jiju Kumar, ARCS, Cooperative Dept.; Mrs. Sreedevi, Joint Director, Agriculture Dept.; Mr. Rakesh Pangat, DGM, NABARD; Mr. E. Pratap, DGM, NABARD; Mr. Dr. Prabhu P., Scientist, CARI; Mr. Gandhi Paroi, Farmer Representative from Ferrargunj; and Mr. Avtar Singh and Mr. Balaram Mistry, Farmers’ Representatives from Rangat and Campbell Bay through virtual mode; Mr. Raghubir Singh, Managing Director (i/c), Member Secretary, SLTC, NABARD and ANStCB officials.
Mr. Omkar Nath, AGM (Dev.) highlighted the objective of calling this meeting to review the unit cost of the previous scale of finance for the year 2025–26 for fixation of the unit cost of scale of finance for existing and new scale of finance for the year 2026–27 for implementation of KCC–Crop, KCC–Animal Husbandry and KCC–Fishermen.
Thereafter, the Chairman Mr. Rakesh Das, DANICS and other members of SLTC took up the meeting agenda-wise and gave their valuable suggestions for more lending and better achievement in the Agriculture Sector, especially coverage of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) including KCC-Animal Husbandry & KCC-Fishermen to all farmers of A & N Islands. After review, the scale of finance has been approved for the year 2026–27.
All the farmers and the general public are hereby informed that the scale of finance for 2026–27 will be available with the branches of A & N State Cooperative Bank Ltd., Agriculture Department, AH & VS Department, Fisheries Department, and all Financing Institutions of A & N Islands with effect from 01st April 2026, as per the communication received from the Member Secretary, State Level Technical Committee.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. E. Prathap, DGM, NABARD, Sri Vijaya Puram.
