Agricultural finance in India; the role of NABARD.

9788177081800

Agricultural finance in India; the role of NABARD.

Rajkumar, K. Prabhakar.

New Century Pub. (Delhi)

2008

231 pages

$34.50

Hardcover

HD1417

Rajkumar (commerce, Periyar U., India) examines the system of agricultural finance in India, focusing on the role of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) as the apex refinancing agency for the institutions providing investment and production credit in rural areas. He also discusses other activities of NABARD, including initiating measures towards institution building for improving absorptive capacity of the credit delivery system; coordinating the rural financing activities of all institutions engaged in development work at the field level; maintaining liaisons with the national and state governments, the Reserve Bank of India, and other national institutions concerned with policy formulation; and monitoring and evaluating refinanced programs. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

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