Key facts
What the official sources publish
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Loan typeAgricultural allied-activity term loan for rearing bees and purchasing apiculture equipment and inputs.View source
The reviewed official page was read through its purpose, eligibility, amount, margin, security, repayment and charge sections.
- Source
- Canara Bee Keeping (Apiculture) Loan
- Page / section
- Complete official product page
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Interest rateCurrent agriculture/ allied schedule (excluding agro and food processing): MCLR + 1.40% for various short-term and term loans up to ₹3 lakh; MCLR + 2.30% above ₹3 lakh up to ₹1 crore. Published scoring/ rating spreads apply above ₹1 crore and liquidity premium is added for tenors over one year.Effective 18 Aug 2026View source
The official publishes the agriculture/allied rate slabs; the reviewed Bee Keeping and Fisheries pages identify these products as allied-activity finance.
- Source
- Rate of Interest for Agriculture & Allied Activities — Canara Bank
- Page / section
- Page 1 sections I.A(i), I.B; pages 1–2 liquidity-premium table
- Accessed
- 12 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
BenchmarkMCLR (Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate), with the published agriculture/allied spread and applicable tenor-based liquidity premium.Effective 18 Aug 2026View source
The schedule is expressed as spreads over and adds liquidity premium for loans repayable beyond one year.
- Source
- Rate of Interest for Agriculture & Allied Activities — Canara Bank
- Page / section
- Pages 1–2 agriculture/allied slabs and liquidity-premium table
- Accessed
- 12 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Maximum amountNo universal rupee ceiling is published; eligible allied-activity loans up to ₹10 lakh must be covered under CGFMU.View source
The reviewed official page was read through its purpose, eligibility, amount, margin, security, repayment and charge sections.
- Source
- Canara Bee Keeping (Apiculture) Loan
- Page / section
- Complete official product page
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
TenureRepayable in 3–4 years through annual instalments, with an initial 1-year holiday.View source
The reviewed official page was read through its purpose, eligibility, amount, margin, security, repayment and charge sections.
- Source
- Canara Bee Keeping (Apiculture) Loan
- Page / section
- Complete official product page
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Benefits and features
- Nil margin up to ₹2 lakh
- 15%–25% margin above ₹2 lakh
- Hypothecation up to ₹2 lakh; land mortgage above ₹2 lakh
- 3–4-year repayment in annual instalments
- Initial holiday period of 1 year
- cover required for eligible allied-activity loans up to ₹10 lakh
Eligibility
- Applicant should have apiculture experience or knowledge; local crops must provide flowers through the year and permit bee migration.
Passing a listed condition does not mean the bank will approve an application.
Documents the bank lists
- Application, , equipment and colony quotations, project/experience evidence and land mortgage documents where required