Review of Priority Sector Lending Performance of Indian Commercial Banks

Priority Sector Lending (PSL) is an attempt by Reserve Bank of India to channelize financial assistance to neglected sector of economy. Priority Sector lending includes agriculture, Small scale industries, weaker sections, education and housing etc. RBI has done various changes in PSL guidelines time to time. There are various researches which study the affect of PSL on economy, banks and beneficiaries. It is also found in different studies that there are various quality issues in PSL. In this study researcher try to find out the factors related to banks and beneficiaries of PSL which affect the quality of PSL.