National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility

Main Features

Convergence with all schemes of central or state government.
Online single window facility in collaboration with participating lending institutions.
Project Management Unit to provide handholding support for projects including project preparation
Size of the financing facility – Rs. 1 lakh Cr.
Credit Guarantee for a loan up to INR 2 crore.
Interest subvention of 3% p.a., limited to INR 2 crore, though loan amount canbe higher.
Cap on lending rate, so that benefit of interest subsidy reaches the beneficiary and services to farmers remain affordable.
Multiple lending institutions including Commercial Banks, Cooperative Banks,NCDC, NBFCs etc.
Disbursement in four years starting with sanction of Rs.10,000 crore in the first year and Rs 30,000 crore each in next three financial years.
Moratorium for repayment under this financing facility may vary subject to minimum of 6 months and maximum of 2 years.
Need based refinance support will be made available by NABARD to all eligible lending entities including cooperative banks and RRBs as per its policy.

National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility

The role of infrastructure is crucial for agriculture development and for taking the production dynamics to the next level. It is only through the development of infrastructure, especially at the post harvest stage that the produce can be optimally utilized with opportunity for value addition and fair deal for the farmers. Development of such infrastructure shall also address the vagaries of nature, the regional disparities, development of human resource and realization of full potential of our limited land resource.

In view of above, the Hon’ble Finance Minister announced on 15.05.2020 Rs 1 lakh croreAgri Infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers. Financing facility of Rs. 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding Agriculture Infrastructure Projects at farm-gate & aggregation points (Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies, Farmers Producer Organizations, Agriculture entrepreneurs, Start-ups, etc.). Impetus for development of farmgate& aggregation point, affordable and financially viable Post Harvest Management infrastructure.

Accordingly, DAC&FW has formulated the Central Sector Scheme to mobilize a medium - long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects relating to postharvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets through incentives and financial support.

Credit guarantee coverage will be available for eligible borrowers from this financing facility under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme for a loan up to Rs. 2 crore. The fee for this coverage will be paid by the Government. In case of FPOs the credit guarantee may be availed from the facility created under FPO promotion scheme of DACFW.

All loans under this financing facility will have interest subvention of 3% per annum up to a limit of Rs. 2 crore. This subvention will be available for a maximum period of 7 years. In case of loans beyond Rs.2 crore, then interest subvention will be limited up to 2 crore. The extent and percentage of funding to private entrepreneurs out of the total financing facility may be fixed by the National Monitoring Committee.

Beneficiary Corner

Beneficiary Registration