Port Blair, April 23: The Chairman SLTC has approved the revised scale of finance under Kisan Credit Card for extending working capital to all eligible farmers by the Department of Animal Husbandry for the year 2023-24. The revised scale of Finance is as under:

KISAN CREDIT CARD - ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FOR WORKING CAPITAL

  1. I) DAIRY:
  2. Cow /Buffalo (01 No.) – Cash Rs. 40,000/- - Kind Nil – Total Rs. 40,000/-
  3. Fodder Cultivation (01 Acre) – Cash Rs. 60,000/- Kind Nil – Total Rs. 60,000/-
  4. Mini Dairy (4-5 Animals): Cash Rs. 1,45,000/- -Kind Nil – Total Rs. 1,45,000/-
  5. II) POULTRY
  6. Poultry -Layer (500 Birds): Cash Rs. 75,000/- - Kind Nil – Total Rs. 75,000/-
  7. Poultry - Boiler (500 Birds): Cash Rs. 75,000/- - Kind Nil – Total Rs, 75,000/-
  8. Duck Farming (500 Birds): Cash Rs. 75,000/- - Kind Nil – Total Rs. 75,000/-

III) GOAT & PIGGERY

  1. Goat Farming (10 + 01 No.): Cash Rs. 65,000/- - Kind Nil – Total Rs. 65,000/-
  2. Piggery Farming (03 + 01 No.): Cash Rs. 65,000/- - Kind Nil – Total Rs. 65,000/-

All eligible farmers have been requested to avail the above benefit.