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Facility typeNeed-based agriculture finance for draft animals and animal-drawn carts; the scheme publishes repayment periods by financed animal/cart type.View source
Purpose is purchase of draft animals/animal-driven carts for transport of agricultural inputs and produce.
- Source
- Scheme for Purchase of Animal Drawn Vehicles/Carts
- Page / section
- page 1, title and Purpose
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
PurposePurchase draft animals or animal-driven carts to transport agricultural inputs and produce.View source
The source restricts financed draft animals to young and healthy animals aged 2–6 years.
- Source
- Scheme for Purchase of Animal Drawn Vehicles/Carts
- Page / section
- page 1, Purpose
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Eligible applicants and animal conditionFarmers must own at least 2 acres or hold perpetual cultivation rights over at least 2 acres. No landholding requirement applies to landless labourers or DRDA-sponsored cases. Only young, healthy animals aged 2–6 years are financed; the age is the animal's age, not the applicant's.View source
Both the 2-acre farmer rule and the two stated exceptions are preserved, as is the animal-age restriction.
- Source
- Scheme for Purchase of Animal Drawn Vehicles/Carts
- Page / section
- page 1, Purpose and Eligibility
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Maximum financeNeed-based, using the NABARD-approved unit cost and the borrower's repayment capacity. The scheme sheet gives no fixed rupee ceiling.View source
The ties the need-based amount to unit cost and borrower repayment capacity; it publishes no amount ceiling.
- Source
- Scheme for Purchase of Animal Drawn Vehicles/Carts
- Page / section
- page 1, Extent of Loan
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
RepaymentBullocks only: 4 years; he-buffaloes with drawn cart (Jhota Bhuggies): 4–5 years; camel only: 5 years; bullock/ animal-drawn cart or camel with cart: 5–7 years.View source
The four repayment cases are kept distinct rather than combined into a single range without the asset qualifier.
- Source
- Scheme for Purchase of Animal Drawn Vehicles/Carts
- Page / section
- page 1, Repayment
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Application decision timePNB's general agriculture-credit guideline lists maximum disposal times by credit limit: up to ₹2 lakh, 2 weeks; above ₹2 lakh to ₹50 lakh, 4 weeks; above ₹50 lakh to ₹1 crore, 5–6 weeks; above ₹1 crore to ₹100 crore, 6–7 weeks; above ₹100 crore, 8–9 weeks. This is not an individual sanction-date promise.View source
The bank-wide published agriculture application timeline is reproduced separately from product approval or sanction.
- Source
- PNB General Guidelines for Agricultural Credit
- Page / section
- Section 1, Time Schedule for Disposal of Loan Applications
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
General agriculture-credit document checklistPNB's general checklist lists a duly completed agriculture-credit application; self-attested identity proof; residence proof; two recent photographs not older than 6 months; and land-record particulars. PNB does not label it an exhaustive scheme-specific checklist; land records may not apply to the stated landless/ DRDA exceptions.View source
The page lists the agriculture application, identity, residence, two recent photographs and land records; exceptions are preserved in the note.
- Source
- PNB Agricultural Banking
- Page / section
- Documents Required for Agriculture Loan
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Conditional bank-wide prepayment/closure ruleFor a non-individual borrower taking over a loan to shift to another bank/ FI, PNB's current schedule states 2% of the prepaid amount on term loans and 2% of the sanctioned limit when a cash-credit/ overdraft facility is closed before its due date. For CC/ OD, the stated charge does not apply if written non-renewal notice is given 3 months before the due date and the facility closes on that date. The page lists additional exemptions, including specified floating-rate individual/ MSE loans, MSE borrowers, own-source repayment and other stated cases. Exact applicability depends on borrower, purpose, facility, rate type and closure route.View source
The rule is conditional and is not represented as a universal product charge; see the linked full terms table for all stated exceptions.
- Source
- PNB Credit Related Service Charges — current page
- Page / section
- Section 10.15, Pre-Payment/Fore Closure; full listed exceptions
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Benefits and features
- Finance can cover eligible draft animals and animal-drawn carts used to move agricultural inputs and produce
- Published repayment periods vary by the financed animal/cart combination
Eligibility
- Farmers generally need at least 2 acres or a perpetual cultivation right over at least 2 acres. The sheet removes the landholding stipulation for landless labourers and DRDA-sponsored cases.
- Only young, healthy draft animals aged 2–6 years are financed; this age refers to the animals, not the borrower.
Passing a listed condition does not mean the bank will approve an application.
Documents the bank lists
- PNB's general agriculture-credit checklist lists a completed application, self-attested identity proof, residence proof, two recent photographs and land-record particulars. PNB does not call this an exhaustive scheme-specific checklist; land records may not apply to the stated landless/DRDA exceptions.