Table 21: Outstanding credit of farmers to Scheduled Commercial banks
( Rs.crores)
Year. Marginal farmers Upto 1 ha)
Small farmers ha to 2 ha)
Large farmers Above 2 ha)
Total
2000-01 7214.8 7308.3 16962.9 31486.0 2001-02 8759.1 9686.4 19083.4 37528.9 2002-03 9813.3 11316.3 23830.9 44960.5 2003-04 14804.6 13974.3 28785.7 57564.6
Source: Handbook on Statistics of Indian Economy, RBI 2006
A number of Commercial Banks have provisions for social banking. These provisions, could also be utilized for this purpose, considering the social dimension.
The amount could be used for addressing credit related issues, in distress affected districts . Eligible small and marginal farmers, would be supported from the fund.
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