KISAN CREDIT CARD: UNDERSTANDING PROGRESS AS AN AGRICULTURAL FINANCING TOOLS

The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) is a credit delivery mechanism to meet the credit requirement of the farmers during various production stages in a timely and easy manner. It has been implemented in the entire economy by using a vast network involving Commercial banks (both public and private), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Cooperative banks, which has received acceptability by both banks and farmers. KCC can be seen as a simple Card- cum- Passbook. Paper looked at the number of the KCC operators region-wise and the distribution of the states in the region. It was clear from the available data that Central region has most number of KCC operators and North-eastern Region has the least number.

               

KEYWORDSKCC, Regions, Agricultural Finance, RRBs.


DOI:

Article DOI:

DOI URL:


Download Full Paper:

Download