Agriculture contributes more than 24 per cent of GDP and employs 64 per cent of the work force in India. Share of agriculture in total credit in India halved from 21 per cent in 1970s to 11.4 per cent in 2006. Credit supports output growth, price stability, and poverty alleviation the basic objectives of economic development. Agriculture in the State of West Bengal starves of institutional credit against enormous potentiality available. The book portrays arrangements and level of credit delivery in agriculture in the State of West Bengal. Contribution of banking and Insurance in State...
Agriculture contributes more than 24 per cent of GDP and employs 64 per cent of the work force in India. Share of agriculture in total credit in India...