The financial support to state of Rajasthan from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) during the just-concluded financial year touched an all-time of Rs 15,253.04 crore. NABARD’s refinance disbursements to cooperative and regional rural banks reached the highest ever Rs 10,810.62 crore-mark in 2014-15 enabling the cooperative banking system to disburse Rs 16,000 crore in the state.
The long-term investment credit refinance for accelerating the growth of capital formation in agriculture and allied activities touched an all time high of Rs 1,523.69 crore, 20% higher compared with 2013-14. Of this, Rs 214.45 crore was provided from the newly constituted Long Term Rural Credit Fund (LTRCF).
During 2014-15, Rs 2,191.81 crore was sanctioned for infrastructure projects to the state government for minor irrigation, warehousing, primary health centres, kisan seva kendra-cum-village knowledge centres and Land Record Information Centres and forestry projects, among others.