UBL, Punjab govt move for subsidised loans to farmers

LAHORE: UBL, Pakistan’s Best Bank 2016, recently joined hands with the Punjab government for the provision of subsidised loans to farmers under Punjab’s ‘Empowerment of Kissan Through Digital & Financial Inclusion’ facility. A signing ceremony was held on April 20 at the Minister’s Block, Punjab Secretariat, Lahore to mark the occasion.

The participants at the signing ceremony included Punjab Finance Minister Ayesha Ghous Pasha, Punjab Secretary Agriculture Muhammad Mahmood, SBP Agri-Credit & Microfinance Department Additional Director Kamran Bakshi. The primary focus of this ‘e-Kissan Farm Credit Facility’ is on the empowerment of ‘small kissans’ through provision of financial and digital services.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 5^th, 2017.

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