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Volume : II, Issue : IV, May - 2012

Agricultural Credit in the Pre and Post Reform Periods - A Case Study

S.THAMARAI SELVI and K. VETRIVEL

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Credit plays an important role in agricultural production. It capitalizes farmers and entrepreneurs to undertake new investment. The investment in agriculture as percentage of GDP also declined from 1.6 per cent in 1993-94 to 1.3 per cent in 2000-01. Hence the main aim of the study is to find out the credit flow of agriculture in the pre and post liberalization periods, for this sector-wise flow of credit from period 1983- 2005 taken for the study in Tamil Nadu as well as Tiruchirappalli district. It has been found out that the annual average growth rate of agriculture credit is low compare to other sectors in the reform periods in Tiruchirappalli district and Tamil Nadu state. This study suggests to improving the credit flow to agriculture

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S.THAMARAI SELVI and K. VETRIVEL, (2012). Agricultural Credit in the Pre and Post Reform Periods - A Case Study. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IV, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/929.pdf

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