PASHU KISAN CREDIT CARDS

About:

• Haryana Government has set a target to issue 10 lakh Pashu Kisan Credit cards by March 2021.
  
  
• Under the Scheme, banks give Rs 40783 for a cow and Rs 60249 for a buffalo. The credit amount for goat and sheep each is Rs 4063. In the case of a pig, it is Rs 16337 per pig. For Hens, it is Rs 720 per layer and Rs 161 per broiler hen.
  
  
• Haryana is the first state to implement this scheme. As many as 101 livestock owners have been handed over cards and can use these to pay for animal feed, etc. They can repay within a stipulated period
  
  
• The card is along lines of the Kisan credit card scheme and will allot credit according to the animal you own.