{"id":3366,"date":"2020-06-30T14:36:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2020-06-30T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:36:45","slug":"hdfc-bank-rolls-out-e-kisaan-dhan-app-for-farmers-bfsi-news-et-bfsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=3366","title":{"rendered":"HDFC Bank rolls out e-Kisaan Dhan app for farmers, BFSI News, ET BFSI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>Private lender, <a href=\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/hdfc+bank\">HDFC Bank<\/a> has launched <a href=\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/e-kisaan+dhan\">e-Kisaan Dhan<\/a> application to address information and knowledge gap for <a href=\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/farmers\">farmers<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/agriculture\">agriculture<\/a> space and rural ecosystem. Farmers can access a suite of agricultural and <a href=\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/banking\">banking<\/a> services on their mobile applications. <\/p>\n<p>The application will provide value-added services like prices in the mandi, news related to agriculture and farming including weather forecast, different information about seed varieties, etc. <\/p>\n<p>Users will be able to procure loans, benefit from government social security schemes and traditional banking services also appoint a relationship manager. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/rajinder+babbar\">Rajinder Babbar<\/a>, Head \u2013 Rural Banking Group, said, \u201cWe aim to put knowledge and information at the fingertips of every Indian farmer. Our e-Kisaan Dhan app will allow us to do just that taking HDFC Bank&#8217;s entire range of products and services across the length and breadth of the country, particularly to <a href=\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/rural+india\">rural India<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Babbar adds, \u201cWe believe initiatives such as these will help fulfill the changing aspirations of customers in the agricultural sector, bring prosperity to their homes and boost the rural economy, which ultimately helps the nation&#8217;s growth&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>HDFC Bank has disbursed over five lakh agri loans and set-up 12 Krishi Dhan Vikas Kendras which act as knowledge hubs for best farming practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v4.0\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '905994023094530');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\\\"https:\/\/bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/banking\/76713893?utm_source=RSS&#038;utm_medium=ETRSS\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private lender, HDFC Bank has launched e-Kisaan Dhan application to address information and knowledge gap for farmers in the agriculture space and rural ecosystem. 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