CM to be Chief Guest at SLBC meet

Hyderabad, Jan 3 : Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will be the Chief Guest at the 182nd State Level Bankers’ Committee meeting on Saturday at 4 PM here at the Jubilee Hall.

Ministers, top officials and all top Bankers will participate in the meeting being convened by the Andhra Bank. The meeting will discuss Agriculture sector- progress in lending short term production loans, lending to LEC holders, recent cyclones/heavy rains and relief measures. The SLBC meet will also review the ‘vaddi leni runaalu’ scheme, Kisan credit card scheme, weather-based crop insurance scheme, extending provision of revenue recovery Act to Banks, relief measures to poultry sector, dairy entrepreneurship development scheme, capital subsidy scheme for solar lighting etc. and also overdue/NPA position under agriculture.

The meeting will review the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector lending, revival restructure and reform package scheme for handloom sector-revised guidelines, progress in lending under weaver credit card scheme etc. The SLBC meeting will also discuss Housing loans, educational loans, SHG-Bank linkage programme, lending to minorities under priority sector lending, credit flow to weaker sections, women, SCs/STs etc.

The SLBC meet will also review the Government-sponsored schemes under Government of India like PMEGP, NRLM, SJSRY, ISHUP etc and schemes under Government of A.P. like APMIP, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Sericulture, Handlooms & Textiles, B.C. Coop Finance Corporation, SC Coop Finance Corporation, State Christian Finance Corporation, Minorities Finance Corporation, etc. The SLBC will also review the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme and opening of bank accounts, Action Plan for LWE Districts, Bank-wise, District-wise advances and achievement to various sectors. INN