Intensive and enduring programmes at strengthening the institutional credit structure in rural areas and instituting better credit delivery mechanisms are urgently needed. This note addresses issues that impinge on such a project, against the backdrop of a review of the trends in credit distribution by scheduled commercial banks over the past three decades.
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