Ranchi, Feb. 15 -- The credit potential for the priority sector in the State has been projected

at Rs 88303.77 crore for the year 2025-26, as against Rs 54,008.31 crore for

the year 2024-25, showing an increase 63.50 per cent.

This was revealed during NABARD's the State Focus Paper 2025-26 for Jharkhand regional office was launched on Friday by Jharkhand Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore, in the presence of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative, Shilpi Neha Tirkey Minister and CGM NABARD SK Jahangirdar.

Jahagirdar spoke at length on thrust areas which included promoting pulses, oilseeds, and higher-value crops in rice fallows. NABARD is supporting farmers in Giridih, Lohardaga, Latehar, Gumla and Khunti post the harvest of ...