ZENITH International Journal of Business Economics & Management Research
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 11

Multifold increase in insitutional/bank's credit for agriculture; neglegible effect on farmers: An overview

  • Author:
  • Harpreet Kaur Sandhu
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 142 to 149

Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Online published on 7 April, 2014.

Abstract

Every year there is increase in agriculture credit but may be because of delivery system or other factors this has not changed the plight of farming community suicides are unabated indebtedness is increasing and money lenders are mush rooming this paradox is analyzed in this article. Special reference is taken that of Punjab as it has been epicenter of green revolution as well as other agriculture developments also special punctuation is carried on Punjab rural cooperative Banks as these are primarily meant for agriculture credit only.

Keywords

Agriculture, co-operatives, suicides indebtedness, commission agents, rural cooperative banks