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A Comparative Study on Financially Included and Financially Excluded Farmers in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu


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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, COIMBATORE (T. N.), India
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, COIMBATORE (T. N.), India
     

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Financial inclusion was first featured - 2005 in India. 73 per cent of farmer households have no access to formal sources of credit from both formal/ informal sources. Of the total farmer households, only 27 per cent access formal sources of credit. Across regions, financial exclusion is more acute in Central, Eastern and North-Eastern regions. All three regions together accounted for 64 per cent of all financially excluded farmer households in the country.

Keywords

Financial Inclusion, Financial Exclusion, Financial Inclusive Index, Kissan Credit Card, Cropping Intensity.
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Authors

S. Menaka
Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, COIMBATORE (T. N.), India
K. Mani
Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, COIMBATORE (T. N.), India
R. Sangeetha
Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, COIMBATORE (T. N.), India

Abstract


Financial inclusion was first featured - 2005 in India. 73 per cent of farmer households have no access to formal sources of credit from both formal/ informal sources. Of the total farmer households, only 27 per cent access formal sources of credit. Across regions, financial exclusion is more acute in Central, Eastern and North-Eastern regions. All three regions together accounted for 64 per cent of all financially excluded farmer households in the country.

Keywords


Financial Inclusion, Financial Exclusion, Financial Inclusive Index, Kissan Credit Card, Cropping Intensity.

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