A one-day training program on Kissan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was organised by the Department of Sheep Husbandry Kargil on December 7.

The training program was a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Dr. Iftikhar Hussain said it is a Nationwide AHDF KCC campaign launched for providing Kisan Credit Card facility to all eligible Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fishery Farmers. Under this campaign, the objective is to cover all eligible farmers who are involved in various Animal Husbandry activities like the rearing of bovines, goats, poultry, and other allied activities. The campaign will attempt to saturate all eligible dairy farmers associated with milk unions/MPCs who have not yet been covered in the earlier campaign.

He further informed that earlier the facility of Kisan Credit Card was available only to crop cultivators but it has been expanded to Fisheries, animal, and sheep Husbandry sectors as well. 

Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, Dr. Ismail while interacting with the participants explained in detail the reasons behind the rejection of cases that were submitted by the department to different banks.

Block Veterinary Officer, Dr. Nazir Hussain briefed the participants about the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) that affects the livestock across Ladakh and suggested vaccination for it. he also explained the importance and needs of FMD vaccination and urged sarpanches to ensure booster doses of vaccination for livestock of their area.

Dr. Zakir Hussain shared the details about the sanctioned, dispersed, rejected, and pending cases in various banks. While highlighting the objectives of KCC, he said that the scheme is aimed at providing adequate and timely credit support from the banking system under a single window with a simplified procedure to the farmers for their cultivation and other needs including to meet the short term credit requirements.

Councilor Town Haji Muhammad Abbas said that with the help of this training program, breeders will be awarded that the KCC scheme is not confined to the Department of Agriculture but it has been now extended to Sheep Husbandry, Animal Husbandry, and Fisheries Department as well. He appealed sarpanches and panchs to spread awareness about the KCC scheme among the general public in their respective areas so that youth will benefit from these schemes, as it will create employment opportunities for the unemployed youth of Kargil.

Representatives of different banks informed participants about the terms and conditions of availing of the scheme and also addressed the issues related to bank formalities.