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It takes policy decisions on agricultural production and productivity, and by extension, on technology generation, ensuring availability and timely distribution of agriculture inputs specially seeds, fertilisers, subsidy, credit etc. Support service is provided through soil testing, soil and water conservation, seed testing and certification, plan production, quality control of fertilisers and ...
The WBCCB is registered as an Apex Co-operative Society along with its counterpart The West Bengal State Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ltd. for the state of West Bengal. Its primary area of operation is to provide short term agricultural loans, control of District Central Cooperative Banks, financing of PACS.
Hence, rural finance is the principal operational area of ADBL. It has also been executing Small Farmer Development Program (SFDP), the major poverty alleviation program launched in the country. Furthermore, the bank has also been involved in commercial banking operations since 1984. [citation needed]
In terms of nominal net state domestic product (NSDP) at factor cost at current prices (base year 2011–2012), West Bengal was the sixth largest economy in India, with an NSDP of ₹ 18.8 lakh crore (US$220 billion) in 2024-25 and in terms of nominal gross state domestic product (GSDP) at current prices, the state had GSDP of ₹ 13.97 lakh ...
Agricultural Development Bank refers to a number of different institutions, including: Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, also known as Zarai Taraqiati Bank; Agricultural Development Bank of Trinidad and Tobago; Agricultural Development Bank of Ghana; Agricultural Development Bank of Nepal
Bengal's Early agricultural communities were found in the area bounded by the Ganges in the north, the Subarnarekha River and the Bay of Bengal in the south, and the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River in the east and the foothills of the Chotanagpur Plateau in the west.
The credit flow to agriculture activities sanctioned by NABARD reached Rs 1,57,480 crore in 2005–2006. [citation needed] Through assistance of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, NABARD set up the Rural Innovation Fund. The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) is another noted scheme for the bank for rural development. [31]
The extension of irrigation has played a role in growth of the predominant agricultural economy. [16] In 2013–14, the total area irrigated in Sabang CD block was 17,000 hectares, out of which 3,000 hectares were irrigated by tank water, 1,120 hectares by deep tubewells, 10,060 hectares by shallow tubewells, 320 hectares by river lift ...