Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in India
Contents: Introduction. 1. Regional Rural Banks as Catalyst of Rural Development in India/Babita Agrawal and Harender Kumar. 2. Role of RRBs in Rural Development/Birendra Kumar Jha. 3. Role of RRBs in the Economic Uplift of Rural Poor/Meenu Agrawal and Dipti Tomar. 4. Natures and Extent of Regional Rural Banks in India/Manju Awasthi. 5. Establishment of Regional Rural Banks in India/R.C. Agrawal and Meenu Agrawal. 6. Role of Government in the Revival of Regional Rural Banks/Dimpal Vij. 7. Economic and Social Impact of Regional Rural Banks/Prabha Singh, Arun Kumar Singh and Amit Kumar Verma. 8. Rural Face of India/Nadia. 9. Role of RRBs in the Uplift of Weaker Sections/Rupesh Tyagi and Aditi Tyagi. 10. Merger and Amalgamation of Regional Rural Banks/P.A. Steeven Raj. 11. Role of RRBs in Economic and Rural Development/Meenu Agrawal, Bhawana and Suman Lata. 12. Financial Inclusion through RRBs/Hemlata and Poonam Singh. 13. Regional Rural Banks and Inclusive Growth/Meenakshi Madan. 14. Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture in India/Hari Mohan Mittal. 15. Success Stories of Self-help Groups (SHGs)/A.K. Loomba. 16. Role of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in the Rural Financial Sector/Sandeep Shandilya, Sidharth Jain and Anil Kumar Sharma. 17. Role of RRBs in Agriculture Finance in Orissa/Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra. 18. Role of Regional Rural Banks in the Development of SHGs in Bihar/Ram Pukar Paswan and Baysdeo Singh
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were J in 1975 to cater to the needs of rural of India. They pay particular on to the credit requirements of farmers, artisans and agricultural s. They operate mainly at the district
RRBs have a special place in the multi-approach adopted to provide agricultural and rural credit in India. The capital of RRBs is contributed by the Central government, concerned State Government and a sponsor bank in the ratio 50: 15: 35.
This book contains 18 papers contributed by scholars in the field of rural intuitional finance. The papers examine almost every aspect of the functioning of RRBs including geographical coverage, clientele outreach, business volume and contribution to the development of the rural economy.
