Punjab National Bank (PNB) has commissioned the services of the Agriculture Finance Corporation of India (AFCI) for evaluating performance of the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme.
According to PNB chairman and managing director S S Kohli, the study will review the performance of the KCC scheme and suggest safeguards that need to be incorporated.
KCC, which was introduced in 1998-99, is an innovative mechanism for facilitating access to short term credit to farmers. Kohli, who inaugurated PNB