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Agricultural Loans Worth Rs 59,000 Crore Went to 615 Accounts in One Year -Dheeraj Mishra

-TheWire.in Agricultural experts say that large corporations are being given 'agricultural' loans at cheaper interest rates and with easier regulations in the name of farmers. New Delhi: Government banks handed out Rs 58,561 crore to 615 accounts in agricultural loans in the year 2016. On average, each account has been given over Rs 95 crore in agricultural loans. This information was revealed by the Reserve Bank of India in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by The Wire. Agricultural loans incur lower interest rates as compared to other common loans, and they are also given under fewer preconditions than the average loan. These changes were made to make it easier to give loans to small and marginalised farmers. At the moment, farmers are given agricultural loans at the interest rate of 4%. Kiran Kumar Vissa, the founder of the farmers’ organisation Rythu Swarajya Vedika, said, “Many big companies involved in agri-business are taking loans under the agricultural loans category. Companies like Reliance Fresh come under the agri-business company category. They engage in the buying and selling of agricultural produce, and take loans under the agricultural loans category for the construction of godowns or other such related activities.” In order to give top priority and ensure the development of some economic sectors in the country, the RBI has issued a directive to banks that they invest a fixed part of their total loans into sectors like agriculture, micro, small and medium enterprises, export credit, education, housing, social infrastructure and renewable energy. This is called priority sector lending (PSL). According to the PSL policy, banks are required to hand out 18% of their total loans to the agricultural sector, targeting small and marginalised farmers. Vissa told The Wire, “The problem is that banks are giving a big percentage of this to corporate and big companies, as a result of which farmers are unable to avail these loans.” Please click here to read more.