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Increase collateral-free agri loan: Ryots
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|May 20, 2025
THE members of a farmers' association submitted a petition to the collector, requesting that the limit for collateral-free agriculture loans given to farmers be increased from ₹1.60 lakh to ₹2 lakh, as per the directive issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
The petition also urged that all the nationalised, cooperative and other banks should be instructed not to demand any kind of collateral for such loans.
This story is from the May 20, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tiruchy.
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