To meet the short term Credit requirement of the farmers for rearing animals, birds, fish, shrimp, other aquatic organisms, capture of fish.

The criteria for eligible beneficiaries under KCC for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries is as under :

• Fishery
  • Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture
    Fishers, Fish Farmers (individual & groups/ partners/ share cropper’s/ tenant farmers), Self Help Groups, Joint Liability Groups and women groups who undertake the fisheries activity in own or lease facilities such as pond, tank, open water bodies, raceway, hatchery, rearing unit who possess necessary license for fish farming and fishing related activities, and any other State specific fisheries and allied activities.
  • Marine Fisheries Fishers, Fish Farmers (individual & groups/ partners/ share cropper’s/ tenant farmers), Self Help Groups, Joint Liability Groups and women groups who own or lease registered fishing vessel/boat, possess necessary fishing license/permission for fishing in estuary and sea, fish farming/mariculture activities in estuaries and open sea and any other State specific fisheries and allied activities.
• Poultry and small ruminant
  Farmers, poultry farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmer of sheep/goats/pigs/ poultry/birds/rabbit and having owned/rented/ leased sheds.
• Dairy
  Farmers and Dairy farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmers having owned/rented/ leased sheds.