Step up credit to employment-generating sectors: FM

The government on Wednesday asked public sector banks to increase lending to employment-generating sectors, particularly agriculture and small and medium enterprises, during the second half of this fiscal when the demand for credit rises. Mukherjee also asked them to pay attention to seekers of housing loan up to Rs 10 lakh and hoped that lending to minorities will rise to the targeted 15 per cent of their lending by this fiscal-end. “Taking advantage of the upcoming busy season, banks shoul

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