KASB bank is focusing on increasing its outreach to agriculture areas with the help of specialized staff posted in the branches.
KASB has just re launched its agri financing products under the brand name “KISSAN SARMAYA”. The scheme is designed and aimed at meeting all types of financial needs of agriculture sector covered under extended list of eligible items provided by the SBP. Agri. financing facilities are available throughout the country at designated agriculture lending branches. All types of financing are available for short, medium and long term depending upon farmer’s requirement and the nature of finance.
Farmers are eligible for “KASB Agricultural Credit” for each of the following purposes.
Farm Credit
a) Production Finance/ Working Capital
- Seasonal requirements for crops i.e. purchase of seed, fertilizer, pesticides and weedicides etc. by the farmers.
- Short term finance for sprayers, hired farm labour, power, diesel, oil for tractors and tube well operations, fuel wood for curing of tobacco, electric charges for Tubewell operations etc.
- Short term finance for hire charges for storage and transportation, expenses on marketing, cost of packing and material and processing cost, working capital for storage of raw agriculture/ farm produce by farmers from field only
b) Development Finance
- Purchase of farm machinery, equipment and allied accessories.
- Land improvement and leveling.
Non Farm Credit
Non farm credit includes financing livestock, dairy, poultry, fisheries, forestry etc. In term of period of finance, non farm credit is divided into the following two categories
a) Production Finance
- Short term finance for the items i.e. purchase of feeds, raining and veterinary expenses, artificial insemination, hired farm labor, power, etc.
b) Development Finance
- Medium and long term finance for purchase of livestock, milk processing and chilling plants, motorcycle for milkmen, veterinary clinics, compound feed making industry, poultry farming, dairy farming, marine fisheries, cold storage for fisheries, forestry, apiculture, sericulture etc.
Designated Branches for Agriculture Finance
Sukkur
Noor Muhammad Baloch
(071) 5619084-87
Rafiq-ul-Milat Mulana Muhammad Rafique Qadri Road, (Old Race Course Road) Sukkur.
Nawabshah
Ghulam Murtaza Jamali
(0244) 330304-05
Kutchehry Chowk, Press Club Road, Nawabshah.
Hyderabad
Saeed Ahmed
(022) 2729917-18
194/29-30, Saddar Cantt, Hyderabad
Lahore
Choudhry Iqbal Habib
(042) 5790343-46 Ext. 287
76-B, E-1 Main Boulevard, Gulberg III, Lahore
Multan
Ali Qamar Sheikh
(061) 4587701-04
Golden Heights, Nusrat Road, Multan.
Quetta
Idrees Ahmed
(081)2842531
2-10/29, Shahrah e Iqbal Quetta
Peshawar
Syed Muhammad Zubair
(091) 5279432
AYS Centre, Arbab Road, Peshawar Cantt, Peshawar
In case of any further query, you may contact the following:-
Agriculture Product Unit (APU)
KASB Bank Ltd
Main Boulevard
Gulberg-III
Lahore
e-mail : Iqbal.ahmed@kasb.com
Tel : (92-42) 5790343-46 Ext: 287
Fax : (92-42) 5755358