Telangana SLBC urges banks to support drought-hit farmers with fresh credit

Hyderabad: The State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC), Telangana, convened a special SLBC meeting on drought relief measures for Kharif 2026 and its 51st Quarterly Review Meeting for the quarter ended September 2026 here on Tuesday.

The meeting was attended by Ministers Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu and Tummala Nageshwara Rao, besides Sanjay Jaju, Chief Secretary; Sandeep Kumar Sultania, Principal Secretary (Finance); Rahul Bojja, Principal Secretary (Disaster Management); Dr Gaurav Uppal, Secretary (Finance and Planning); K Surendra Mohan, Secretary (Agriculture); Manasa Gangotri Kata, Director, Department of Financial Services, Government of India; Chinmoy Kumar, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Hyderabad; B Uday Bhaskar, Chief General Manager (CGM), NABARD; Neelesh Dwivedi, CGM, SBI, Hyderabad Circle; and Satish Kumar, General Manager, SBI, and Convenor, SLBC, Telangana.

Senior officials from various line departments of the State Government and the Government of India, executives from public sector banks, private sector banks, regional rural banks (RRBs), small finance banks (SFBs) and payments banks, as well as representatives of various agricultural and MSME federations, participated in the meeting.

Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu highlighted the challenges faced by farmers due to drought conditions and urged banks to extend necessary support to eligible affected farmers through loan restructuring and rescheduling, wherever applicable, while ensuring the timely availability of fresh credit based on their requirements.