Performance of rural credit and factors affecting the choice of credit sources
Performance of rural credit and factors affecting the choice of credit sources
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农村信贷绩效及影响信贷来源选择的因素
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2007
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通讯作者:
Prabhat Kumar
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Anjani Kumar;D. Singh;Prabhat Kumar
Credit is not only one of the critical inputs in agriculture but is also an effective means of rural development. A large number of agencies, including co-operatives, regional rural banks (RRBs), commercial banks, non-banking financial institutions, self-help groups (SHGs) and a well-spread informal credit outlets together constitute the Indian rural credit delivery system. One of the objectives of the credit policy is to minimise the role of non-institutional sources, mainly the money-lenders in the flow of agricultural credit. Several initiatives have been taken in this regard since Independence. Some major milestones in rural credit are the acceptance of Rural Credit Survey Committee Report (1954), nationalisation of major commercial banks (1969 and 1980), establishment of RRBs (1975), establishment of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) (1982) and the ongoing reforms in the financial sector since 1991 (Vyas et al., 2004). Simultaneously, several measures like establishment of Lead Bank Scheme, direct lending for the priority sectors, banking sector’s linkage with the Government sponsored programmes targeted at the poor, Differential Rate of Interest Scheme, the Service Area Approach, the SHGBank linkage programme were undertaken. In recent years, initiatives like Kisan Credit Card Scheme (KCCs), Special Agricultural Credit Plans, and RIDF schemes have been introduced to enhance the flow of credit to the rural sector. Several committees have been constituted to suggest ways to increase the availability of institutional credit to the rural areas. These include the Expert Committee on Rural Credit (Chairperson V.S. Vyas), Committee on Agricultural Credit through Commercial Banks (Chairperson R.V. Gupta), Committee on Co-operatives (Chairperson Vikhe Patil), Advisory Committee on Flow of Credit to Agriculture (Chairperson V.S. Vyas), and Task Force on Revival of Co-operative Credit Institutions (Chairperson A. Vaidyanathan). The government has accepted and implemented several of their suggestions. However, inspite of these efforts and