Agriculture
is the backbone of the Indian Economy and it is less organised as compare to
the industrial sector. Although the majority of the people involved in
agriculture are residing in rural areas and they are not aware of the modern
agricultural technology. In order to develop the agriculture, the government
has established National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
with an intention to educate the people for development through credit. NABARD
evolved a new policy to extend the promotional support to the agriculture
through the Regional Rural Banks. The presents study is intended to focus on
the role of RRBs on the development of agriculture. In India, total 17,976
farmers associations which are also called as farmers’ club were working in
2006 which increased to 54,805 in 2010. The study is concluded with a statement
that the RRB under the study has been playing a vital role in imparting
scientific knowledge to the farmers and motivating them to adopt knowledge in
their fields through farmers associations by following the micro credit system.
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