agricultural finance

NEED /TYPES

ON basis of TIME

• Short term (< 15 months)• Medium term (15 months to 5 years)• Long term (> 5 years)

NEED /TYPES

ON basis of PURPOSE

• Productive.• Consumption needs.• Unproductive.

Constraints To Financial Services • Cheap , Adequate and Timely supply.• Small Farmers and Landless Labourers.• Uncertainty shrouding credit

requirements.• Seasonality of many agricultural activities • High information and transaction costs • Weak institutional capacity of rural-

finance providers

SOURCES OF AGRI-FINANCE

1. NON-INSITUTIONAL SOURCES.• Money Lenders.• Traders.• Commission agents.• Landlords.

2. INSITUTIONAL SOURCES.

INSITUTIONAL SOURCES• CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT SOCIETIES.

• COMMERCIAL BANKS.

• REGIONAL RURAL BANKS.

• NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT. (NABARD)

SHARE OF SOURCES

Total Credit to AgricultureIn Crore

05-06 06-07

CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT SOCIETY

SCARDBs: State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks.PCARDBs: Primary Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks.Source: Report on trend and Progress of banking in India. RBI

Evaluation of co-operatives• Heavy dependence on outside funds• Problem of high level of Overdues• High level of NPAs• Substantial losses• PACS are too small in size to economical &

viable.• Greater benefits to Larger landowner• Regional disparities in distribution of credit• Domination of government.

“Co-operation has failed but Co-operation must succeed”

• In 2005-06 Co-operatives provided Rs. 39,404 crore of rural credit

• 21.8 % of total 1,80,486 crore institutional credit to agriculture provided that year.

REFORMS

• Revival and restructure of CCS.• Financial restructuring & assistance.• To make co-operatives truly democratic &

member driven.• Regulatory control of the RBI• NABARD-as implementing & Pass through

agency.

COMMERCIAL BANKS

• Less Concentration on Primary Sector.• Nationalization of banks.

During 2005-06 Commercial banks provided rural credit of Rs. 1,25,859 crore.

69.7 % of total 1,80,486 crore institutional credit.

REVIEW

• Rapid Expansion and Diversification.• Large no. of small advances.• Reduction of margin available.• Bad recovery position.• Multi-alternative credit system.• Decline in credit deposit ratio.• Reduction of loan to small farmers.

REGIONAL RURAL BANKS

• Local feel + Business organization.• Low cost low profile credit institution.• Staff from the neighboring area.

• 2006-07, RRBs provided 27,964 crore as credit to Agriculture sector.

• 8.5% of total institutional credit to agriculture.

PROBLEMS OF RRBs

• Organizational Problem.

• Problems of recovery• Mounting losses leading to Non-

Viability.

• Management Problems.

REFORMS

Relative Share

2005-062004-05

Per cent

• Apex bank for rural credit.

• Provides credit to SCBs & RRBs.

• Assistance to state government.

• Inspecting Co-operatives, RRBs.

• Maintains a R&D funds.

• Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

(RIDF)

• Microfinance Innovation.

• Kisan Credit card scheme.

• Credit monitoring arrangement.

• Refinance under SGSY.

• Co-operative development fund (CDF)

• Supervision

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