Question : MISMANAGEMENT IN AFCL



(a) whether financial and administrative irregularities in Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd.(AFCL), Mumbai have come to notice recently; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) & (b) :The Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited (AFCL), Mumbai is an autonomous body and the Board of AFCL is empowered to take its own decision within the framework of Companies Act, 1956. The Government of India is not holding any share capital in AFCL.