Agriculture Credit in India: A Study of Selected Public and Private Banks in Telangana State

Abstract

The banking system touches the lives of millions and has to be inspired by the larger socio-economic purpose and has to sub-serve the national priorities and objectives. Within the banking institutions, the role of commercial banks has occupied a new meaning and significance, in the view of the changing structure and requirements of a developing economy like India. The growth of agriculture is an important pre-requisite, not only for the reasons of food security, but, also in terms of forward and backward linkages that the agriculture sector has with the rest of the sectors of the economy.