Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank disbursed Tk 10 crore agricultural loan among farmers in the district this fiscal year. The bank also realised Tk 7 crore as default loan during the disbursement period from July to the current month. The bank has set a target to disburse Tk 33 crore loans for the current fiscal. Mohammad Khorshed Alam, zonal manager of RAKUB, said as per the directive of the Bangladesh Bank they are also disbursing loans among landless farmers and share-croppers. He said the commercial banks will also disburse Tk 20 crore as loan among the farmers of the district. The loans are being disbursed for crop production, fishery, livestock, purchasing agriculture and irrigation machinery, establishing agro-based small and medium industries and poverty alleviation, Alam added.