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Canara Bank's `kisan kiosk' at Neyyatinkara branch

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Canara Bank has opened a `kisan kiosk' at Neyyatinkara branch, near here, for providing IT-enabled services to the farmers.

This is the first of its kind opened by the bank in the entire country and the first in Kerala by a commercial bank, according to a statement from the bank.

The "kisan kiosk" offers a wide variety of services such as market information, virtual market, weather information, crop information module, GIS-based agricultural advisory, best farming practices, planting material availability, fertilisers and pesticides, credit facilities and discussion forum.

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