Date:01/09/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/01/stories/2007090154410400.htm

Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

SBI gold loan scheme

Thiruvananthapuram: The State Bank of India is launching a two-month campaign on Saturday to popularise its agricultural gold loan scheme under which it gives loans up to Rs.3 lakh at 7 per cent interest to those engaged in cultivation, including those without any land of their own. According to a press note issued by the Agribusiness Head of the local head office of the bank here on Friday, processing charges would be fully waived during the period. – Special Correspondent