Now farm loans aggravate NPA crisis: Bad debt rises to nearly Rs 9,000 crore in Punjab alone
Notably, under the scheme relief, up to Rs 2 lakh would be provided to marginal and small farmers who have crop loans from cooperative institutions, public sector banks and other commercial banks as on March 31, 2017.
The NPA amount of Rs 8,952 crore was 11.20 per cent of outstanding agriculture advances as against 7.19 per cent in corresponding period of last year. Reuters