Calls For Increase Lending To Promote Entrepreneurship Amongst Youth
Jammu- Terming banking sector as the backbone of Jammu and Kashmir’s growing economy, the Union Territory Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha said on Thursday that banks need to cooperate and complement government’s efforts in reaching out to beneficiaries of all flagship schemes.
“Banking sector is the backbone of J&K’s growing economy and collective efforts should be made to facilitate common man, farmers, industries, SHGs and young entrepreneurs. Banks need to cooperate & complement government’s efforts in reaching out to beneficiaries of all flagship schemes,” Sinha said.
He made these remarks while chairing a high-level meeting of public sector banks, administrative departments & other financial institutions at the Civil Secretariat here on Thursday.
The LG reviewed the action taken on the directions passed in the previous meeting on seamless credit to potential entrepreneurs and saturation of other government schemes aimed to facilitate the dreams of aspiring society.
Sinha directed the Public Sector Banks and other financial institutions for dedicated measures to ensure government benefits directly reach the people and put greater emphasis on lending for potential entrepreneurs, farmers, SHGs and rural development.
The LG observed that during the Back to Village-4 and My Town My Pride Programme, J&K Bank ensured a major share of 90% in extending the financial support to 75,000 youth recently, while other banks had merely 10 % contribution.
“This situation needs to change. All the banks must increase lending to promote entrepreneurship amongst youth, women and people from marginalised sections of society,” he added.
Reviewing the progress achieved to extend the benefits of Kisan Credit Cards to all the eligible farmers, the LG instructed the banks to follow the delivery channels of RBI and saturate the distribution of Smart Cards to the KCC account holders by June, 2023.
Emphasizing on support and guidance to the farmers in preparing project reports required by the banks through nodal agencies, the LG stressed on holding regular meetings at the district level with mission youth & other government departments to understand requirements of diverse sectors.
In the meeting, the LG was briefed on the upcoming ‘Citizen’s portal for Government Sponsored Schemes’. He was told that the soon to be launched portal, prepared by J&K Bank will ensure that all the banks operating in Jammu Kashmir seamlessly extend all the benefits of government schemes to the eligible beneficiaries.
The portal will enable a citizen to apply for a Government Sponsored Schemes directly online with OTP Authentication and check the status of his/her application online.
It will forward/route the applications from citizens to appropriate departments & teams in an integrated workflow and enable departments & teams to process and forward/route these applications to the concerned financing agencies.
Further the financing agencies can update status for these applications post processing. It will also facilitate generation of MIS/Reporting Dashboards, it was informed.
Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group: Join Now
Be Part of Quality Journalism |
Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast. |
| ACT NOW |
| MONTHLY | Rs 100 | |
| YEARLY | Rs 1000 | |
| LIFETIME | Rs 10000 | |