Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated computerization of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) and launched RuPay Kisan Cards at a state level function organized at Jayadev Bhawan here on Saturday.
Speaking on the occasion, Patnaik stated that Odisha is the first state to implement an integrated Core Banking Solution Project covering all the three tiers of the Short Term Cooperative Credit Structure: State Cooperative Bank, District Central Cooperative Banks and 2708 Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS).
With computerization of the PACS, the farmers will now be able to draw their sanctioned loans from the ATM network of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) having 2.14 lakh ATMs of all banks across the country.
The Chief Minister also distributed Micro ATMs for dispensation of loans at the doorsteps of the farmers.
He further stated that his Government is keen to address all the requirements of the farmers by converting PACS into One Stop Shops.
The Chief Minister inaugurated Computerisation of PACS and distributed RuPay Kisan Cards to the farmer members of PACS of Banki, Khurda and Bolangir CCBs.
He also felicitated the President and Secretary of Banki CCB for successful piloting of the PACS Computerisation Project and Saktidutta Mishra, System Analyst, Odisha State Cooperative Bank for his outstanding contribution for successful grounding of the project.
Revenue Minister SN Patro, Bhubaneswar MP Prasanna Patasani, Secretaries and other government officials were present on the occasion.