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Education Loan in India–A Review


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Education is one of the primary area which the Govt. of India identified as a Priority sector segment for Banks to finance. Accordingly, Education loan scheme was formulated and propagated and Public sector, private sector Banks and other Financial Institutions made concentrated financing in this category in the last decade. However, it has been observed that in the recent past there is a surge in Non-performing loans of this segment (education loan) granted by the Banks / FIs. The present paper analyses reasons of high default and suggests some steps for Banks & FIs to obviate such slippages.

Keywords

Education Loan, Irregular loan, Non-Performing Loans, Indian Banks Association (IBA).
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Sandeep M. Khanwalker
School of Management, IMS Unison University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract


Education is one of the primary area which the Govt. of India identified as a Priority sector segment for Banks to finance. Accordingly, Education loan scheme was formulated and propagated and Public sector, private sector Banks and other Financial Institutions made concentrated financing in this category in the last decade. However, it has been observed that in the recent past there is a surge in Non-performing loans of this segment (education loan) granted by the Banks / FIs. The present paper analyses reasons of high default and suggests some steps for Banks & FIs to obviate such slippages.

Keywords


Education Loan, Irregular loan, Non-Performing Loans, Indian Banks Association (IBA).

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