Key facts
What the official sources publish
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Facility typeTerm loanView source
The sheet names the facility as a term loan.
- Source
- Scheme for Financing Estate/Orchard Purchase
- Page / section
- p.1, Nature of Loan
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
PurposePurchase estates/orchards growing coffee, tea, rubber, cardamom, areca, cashew, pepper, coconut or other perennial orchard crops; eligible stamp duty and registration expenses are included.View source
All four purpose clauses are represented, including purchase costs for stamp duty and registration.
- Source
- Scheme for Financing Estate/Orchard Purchase
- Page / section
- p.1, Purpose (a–d)
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
EligibilityOnly individuals, joint borrowers and proprietorship firms. The purchaser must meet state agriculturist criteria, have a good track record and relevant experience, be financially sound and able to bring margin and service debt. Existing yielding estates/orchards are expected; non-owners may be considered if able to develop the estate on the desired lines and state law permits. Areca purchases carry state income criteria. Purchaser and seller should normally not be close relatives; total landholding including the purchase must remain within state ceiling limits. The estate/orchard must have potential to absorb substantial developmental credit.View source
The source publishes state-dependent criteria, not a single pan-India income threshold.
- Source
- Scheme for Financing Estate/Orchard Purchase
- Page / section
- p.1, Eligibility, all clauses
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Maximum financeUp to ₹2 croreView source
Maximum loan: Rs. 2.00 crore.
- Source
- Scheme for Financing Estate/Orchard Purchase
- Page / section
- p.1, Extent of Loan
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Minimum margin40%View source
The printed minimum margin is 40%.
- Source
- Scheme for Financing Estate/Orchard Purchase
- Page / section
- p.1, Margin
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Repayment periodWithin 7–10 yearsView source
The sheet says repayment is within 7–10 years.
- Source
- Scheme for Financing Estate/Orchard Purchase
- Page / section
- p.1, Repayment
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
General agriculture-credit checklistPNB's general agriculture checklist lists a duly completed application, identity proof, residence proof, two recent photographs and land-record particulars. The estate scheme sheet does not publish a complete sale/property or borrower-document checklist; the general list is not exhaustive.View source
General checklist only; no scheme-specific title-deed/sale document list is supplied by the reviewed sheet.
- Source
- PNB Agricultural Banking — documents required for agriculture loan
- Page / section
- Documents Required for Agriculture Loan; scheme-specific document list not stated in
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
General agriculture application-disposal scheduleMaximum published schedule: 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 general disposal guidance, not a sanction promise for this estate loan.View source
The complete credit-limit timeline matrix is separately retained in the product's linked table.
- Source
- PNB General Guidelines for Agricultural Credit
- Page / section
- Section 1, Time Schedule for Disposal of Loan Applications
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Geographic limitsOnly individuals, joint borrowers and proprietorship firms. The purchaser must meet state agriculturist criteria, have a good track record and relevant experience, be financially sound and able to bring margin and service debt. Existing yielding estates/orchards are expected; non-owners may be considered if able to develop the estate on the desired lines and state law permits. Areca purchases carry state income criteria. Purchaser and seller should normally not be close relatives; total landholding including the purchase must remain within state ceiling limits. The estate/orchard must have potential to absorb substantial developmental credit.View source
The manually reviewed product record states: “Only individuals, joint borrowers and proprietorship firms. The purchaser must meet state agriculturist criteria, have a good track record and relevant experience, be financially sound and able to bring margin and service debt. Existing yielding estates/orchards are expected; non-owners may be considered if able to develop the estate on the desired lines and state law permits. Areca purchases carry state income criteria. Purchaser and seller should normally not be close relatives; total landholding including the purchase must remain within state ceiling limits. The estate/orchard must have potential to absorb substantial developmental credit.”.
- Source
- PNB Estate / Orchard Purchase Loan — official product page
- Page / section
- Published product metadata
- Accessed
- 6 Oct 2026
- Confidence
- high
Benefits and features
- Finance may cover qualifying traditional plantation and perennial orchard crops
- Stamp duty and registration costs involved in the purchase are included in the stated purpose
Eligibility
- Applicant must satisfy the relevant state's agriculturist rules, have experience and financial capacity, and be able to provide margin and service debt.
- Existing yielding estates/orchards are normally expected; a non-owner may qualify if able to develop the property and state law permits the purchase.
- Areca-garden purchases carry the relevant state income criteria; seller and purchaser should normally not be close relatives, and total holding must remain within state land-ceiling norms.
Passing a listed condition does not mean the bank will approve an application.
Documents the bank lists
- PNB's general agriculture checklist lists a completed application, identity proof, residence proof, two recent photographs and land-record particulars; it is not an exhaustive estate-purchase document list.