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Subject(s)

• Agricultural cooperative credit associations—India [Browse]
• Agricultural credit—India [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in development economics ; 78. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in development economics ; 78 [More in this series]

Summary note

Credit cooperatives in India make up one of the largest rural financial systems in the world. Playing a vital role in dispensing credit in largely agricultural areas, they are also the weakest link in the formal credit delivery system. This book provides a valuable case study of the traditional banking system in this developing economy, exploring the reasons for the poor performance of credit cooperatives in India and suggesting measures to revitalise them.Although this sector has grown along with the micro-credit sector to provide finance for the poor and the less creditworth

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-152) and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of appendices, tables and figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Evolution of credit cooperatives in India; 3 Revitalizing primary credit cooperatives in India; 4 District central cooperative banks in India: Reorienting the middle tier in the cooperative edifice of India; 5 The role of state cooperative banks in the Indian cooperative structure; 6 Interdependence in the cooperative credit structure in India; 7 Impact analysis of credit extended by cooperatives; 8 Redesigning the cooperative edifice of India
• NotesBibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-136-99403-3
• 1-136-99404-1
• 1-282-58700-5
• 9786612587009
• 0-203-85493-4

OCLC

• 630537953
• 644141430

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203854938

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