Monday, July 23, 2012

RBI to probe end use of agricultural loans

........The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to closely examine why ba­nks are failing to meet priority sector lending targets and the limits set for agricultural advances and we­a­ker sections of society. The end use of agr­i­c­u­ltural credit con­tracted un­der the interest subve­ntion scheme will be un­der the regulator’s scr­u­tiny, so that agricultural ad­vances at sp­e­cial rates of interest are directed at agriculture and not diverted for other purposes. A senior RBI official told Financial Chronicle that the end use of all bank credit should be examined to find out if promoters are diverting money. “But in agriculture, it is more important as government gives a subvention......

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