DHARWAD: The government will appoint a nodal officer for each of the four revenue divisions in the state to facilitate smooth disbursement of loans to farmers, traders, businessmen and self-help groups through the cooperative department, said cooperation minister S T Somashekhar.
He was speaking at ‘Aarthika Spandana’, a function organised by the department at Kala Bhavan here on Friday, to disburse loans to beneficiaries under various schemes announced by the state and central government during Covid-19 crisis. He said nodal officers are necessary to ensure that the benefits of government schemes reach the target group in a hassle-free manner.
The minister said during the pandemic, the cooperation department has distributed an incentive of Rs 12,07,50,000 to 42,540 ASHA workers who had served as Covid warriors and Rs 15 crore has been given by various cooperative societies to the CM’s Relief Fund.
Jagadish Shettar, minister for large and medium industries, called upon people to strictly follow Covid-19 guidelines during Diwali.
Union minister
Pralhad Joshi
said Karnataka is in the forefront to utilise the benefits of Centre’s Atma Nirbhar schemes. “It has already submitted more than 500 proposals. Of them, the Centre has approved 215 proposals and the state is using the funds properly,” he said, adding 12,000 families of farmers have benefited from Atma Nirbhar
scheme
.
Karnataka Central Cooperative Bank president Bapugouda Patil also spoke. The programme was jointly organised by the District Central Cooperative Banks and District Cooperative Milk Unions.
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