Reserve Bank of India Innovation Hub launches pilot project for Rural Finance Digitalisation
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Kisan Credit Card (KCC) has been chosen as the pilot project under Rural Finance Digitalisation
This was announced by Reserve Bank of India vide Press Release dt 02 September, 2022.
The full press release can be read @ https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=54306
Partner Banks — Union Bank of India and Federal Bank
Partner States — Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Go Live Date — September 2022
Union Bank and the State of Madhya Pradesh will work together
Federal Bank and State of Tamil Nadu will work together
The pilot will run in selected districts of Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu by Union Bank of India and Federal Bank.
Objectives:
Objective 01) To reduce the number of physical visits of borrowers / prospective borrowers to the Bank premises
Objective 02) To automate the various processes within the various internal departments of Banks. To reduce the time of Banks systems integration with service providers.
Objective 03) To reduce costs for the borrowers.
Objective 04) To reduce the TAT of the initial sanction and subsequent review
Benefits:
Benefit 01) Based on the feedback received in the pilot stage, the process can be finetuned before rollout for a wider audience
Benefit 02) Rural Finance is vast. Based on this pilot feedback, digitisation of other rural finance areas can be explored
Benefit 03) Opportunity for Union Bank of India and Federal Bank Teams to be part of an innovation project
Benefit 04) Opportunity for similar innovations in other countries. This can be a case study
Benefit 05) Opportunity for techies working in farming to be associated with this pilot project
Benefit 06) Opportunity for Fintech players focussed on rural India to contribute to Rural Finance Digitalisation
Benefit 07) Opportunity to increase the volumes of BBPS (Bharat Bill Payment Services) in Rural India.
Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Introduction:
1998 — Launch year
2004 — Scheme extended to allied and non-farm activities in the year
2012 — Issuance of Electronic Kisan Credit Cards
The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in 1998 for issue of Kisan Credit Cards to farmers on the basis of their holdings for uniform adoption by the banks so that farmers may use them to readily purchase agriculture inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc. and draw cash for their production needs.
The scheme was further extended for the investment credit requirement of farmers viz. allied and non-farm activities in the year 2004.
The scheme was further revisited in 2012 by a working Group under the Chairmanship of Shri T. M. Bhasin, CMD, Indian Bank with a view to simplify the scheme and facilitate issue of Electronic Kisan Credit Cards.
The scheme provides broad guidelines to banks for operationalizing the KCC scheme. Implementing banks will have the discretion to adopt the same to suit institution/location specific requirements.
Additional Reading:
Union Bank of India — KISAN CREDIT CARD (UNION GREEN CARD) @ https://www.unionbankofindia.co.in/english/rabd-short-products-service.aspx#top-menu-arrow
Union Bank of India KCC Fresh Sanction STP Features @ https://www.unionbankofindia.co.in/english/kcc-fresh-sanction-stp-features1.aspx
Federal Kisan Credit Card (FKCC) @ https://www.federalbank.co.in/federal-kisan-credit-card
Reserve Bank of India Master Circular — Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme dt July 4, 2018 @ https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewMasterCirculars.aspx?Id=11325&Mode=0
Hopefully Union Bank of India and Federal Bank will release a detailed Press Release. At the same time looking forward to project updates in the public domain.
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