Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka launching the NABARD’s State Focus Paper for 2025-26 in Hyderabad on Friday (February 14, 2025). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has called for a collaborative approach to ensure timely and adequate credit flow to priority sectors as well as to promote financial literacy and digital banking in rural areas besides leveraging National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s (NABARD) expertise for innovative financing models. Credit potential of ₹1.63 lakh crore for agriculture Mr. Bhatti Vikramarka, who is also the Finance Minister, said this at launch of NABARD’s State Focus Paper for 2025-26 that pegs the credit potential for priority sectors across all the 33 districts at ₹3.86 lakh crore, including ₹1.63 lakh crore for agriculture. The roadmap must be actively utilised by banks, financial institutions and policymakers, he said at the programme held in Hyderabad on Friday (February 14, 2025). Challenge faced by rural communities Underscoring the need for all concerned to work together to make Telangana a model …