IYC 2025 ACTION AGENDA OF NAFCARD
NAFCARD in the Online Meeting with member banks on 12th February 2025, approved the Calendar of Programmes for IYC 2025. The programme includes 2 National Level Seminars, 10 State Level Seminars and about 5000 PCARDBs/Branch Level Seminars during the year. Apart from the IYC theme ‘Cooperatives Build a Better World’, the meeting also approved the following sub-themes relevant to the sector.
(1) Reforms in LTCCS for Rural Empowerment
(2) Financial Inclusion through Digitization
(3) Enhancing Contributions of LTCCS to Sustainable Development
The first State Level Seminar is scheduled in the last week of February 2025 at Ahmedabad and expected participation of 1000 delegates.
The meeting approved guidelines to undertake agroforestry involving planting of minimum 1 lakh trees by farmers financed by ARDBs, along the boundaries of their agricultural fields during IYC 2025. Agroforestry, apart from being an additional source of income, helps to moderate temperature levels in the farmland. ARDBs will collaborate with the Department of Agriculture and Department of Environment and Forests in States in selecting suitable varieties of trees in different areas and arranging supply of planting materials.
ARDBs will also implement a programme to increase borrowing membership of Youths and Women by offering special incentives including interest subvention, as a new initiative during IYC.
The meeting was attended by Chairmen, Chief Executives and Senior Executives of member banks of NAFCARD. Shri Dolar Kotecha, Chairman, Vice-Chairpersons Shri K. Ravinder Rao and Dr. Moinul Hassan addressed the participants. Shri K.K. Ravindran, Managing Director, NAFCARD made a presentation on objectives and draft action agenda of LTCCS for observance of IYC 2025.
