LAHORE: Farmers’ registration for Kisan Card will start from June 1 as presently fertilisers and pesticide sellers are being registered for the scheme.
This was acknowledged by Agriculture Secretary Iftikhar Ali Sahoo whereas chairing a gathering on the Kisan Card right here on Friday.
He mentioned that transparency can be ensured within the Rs300 billion Kisan Card scheme below which an interest-free simple mortgage of Rs150,000 can be provided to every qualifying farmer.
No less than 0.5 million farmers holding one to 12.5 acres of land can be eligible for the scheme, and they’d get fertilizers and seeds by means of their playing cards at mounted costs.
An official mentioned that for registration the farmers ought to ship their computerised nationwide id card by sending an SMS on 8070. The qualifying farmer ought to have land report with the Punjab Land Income Authority, whereas the SIM of the cellphone quantity should be registered within the title of the farmer with the identical CNIC quantity offered within the SMS.
Beneath this scheme, the farmer can be required to repay the mortgage inside six months.
Particular Secretary Shahenshah Faisal Azim, Further Secretary Planning Waqas Rasheed, Further Secretary Agriculture Activity Power Shabbir Ahmad Khan and Agricultural Data Director Naveed Asmat Kahloon, moreover representatives of the Financial institution of Punjab attended the assembly.
Printed in Daybreak, Might twenty fifth, 2024