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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800069703321

Autore

Misra Biswa Swarup <1975-, >

Titolo

Credit cooperatives in India : past, present and future / / Biswa Swarup Misra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99403-3

1-136-99404-1

1-282-58700-5

9786612587009

0-203-85493-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 78

Disciplina

334/.2

Soggetti

Agricultural cooperative credit associations - India

Agricultural credit - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-152) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of appendices, tables and figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Evolution of credit cooperatives in India; 3 Revitalizing primary credit cooperatives in India; 4 District central cooperative banks in India: Reorienting the middle tier in the cooperative edifice of India; 5 The role of state cooperative banks in the Indian cooperative structure; 6 Interdependence in the cooperative credit structure in India; 7 Impact analysis of credit extended by cooperatives; 8 Redesigning the cooperative edifice of India

NotesBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Credit cooperatives in India make up one of the largest rural financial systems in the world. Playing a vital role in dispensing credit in largely agricultural areas, they are also the weakest link in the formal credit delivery system. This book provides a valuable case study of the traditional banking system in this developing economy, exploring the reasons for the poor performance of credit cooperatives in India and suggesting measures to revitalise them.Although this sector has grown along with the micro-credit sector to provide finance for the poor and



the less creditworth