chandigarh the punjab regional office of nabard on tuesday organized the state credit seminar 202324 harpal singh cheema finance minister punjab attended the event as chief guestin his address cheema said that nabard has suitably captured the constraints and potentials in the agriculture and rural development sector and advised the government departments and bankers to take leads from the state focus paper while formulating of policies and plans for the coming yearthe finance minister expressed hope that the potential identified by nabard under the priority sector will further help in the growth of punjabraghunath b cgm nabard punjab in his address elaborated on the state focus paper which was launched in the seminar the state focus paper has estimated that under the priority sector the state has a credit potential of rs 273 lakh crore for fy 202324 with the agriculture sector having a share of 156 lakh cr he sought the support of stakeholders in realizing this potential raghunath spoke on nabards developmental role in the state he elaborated on the support to rural financial institutions as well as to the government for the creation of rural infrastructure further nabard has also supported projects in the farm sector like crop diversification reclamation of alkaline soil in sangrur and patiala setting up of pashu palak tele advisory kendra application of ai in livestock management etche also underlined the important role played by cooperatives in financing the agrarian economy of the state he stated that implementation of the project on pacs computerization will further strengthen service delivery to farmers help in product diversification and enhance efficiency and transparency in the working of pacsgarima singh secretary of finance punjab emphasised that all present stakeholders are equal partners in national building and should come together for the same she congratulated nabard for its contribution to the development of the statem k mall regional director rbi congratulated nabard for bringing out a balanced state focus paper mall called upon the bankers and stakeholders to leverage the diaspora of punjab for export growth in the state through the value addition of agri products he also requested the govt to the digitisation of land records for hasslefree credit availability to farmers