AFC India Ltd. (formerly Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd.), is a National level premier multi-disciplinary development organization providing consulting, advisory and implementation support for agriculture, rural development and other strategic socio-economic sectors in India. Established way back in the year 1968, AFC is wholly owned by NABARD, Commercial Banks and EXIM Bank. AFC is a deemed Government organization and its accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). AFC provides a wide range of services such as identification of potential projects for promoting development in different sub-sectors, conducting pre-feasibility/scoping studies, baseline studies, potential surveys, formulation & appraisal of projects, techno-economic project appraisals, monitoring & evaluation, impact assessment, needs assessment, socio-economic studies etc. Of late, AFC has diversified into large scale grassroots level project implementation in areas such as organic farming, agriculture extension, agri-business development, watershed development, forestry, climate change, rural livelihood promotion, education, health & nutrition, training & capacity building, skilling and financial literacy.