Role of Cooperative Banks’ Lending to Priority Sector in Haryana : An Evaluation

Abstract

One of the objectives of social control over banks and subsequent nationalization o f major commercial banks was to ensure
that the banks reorient their lending policies that the credit flows to certain sectors o f the economy in accordance with the
national planningpriorities. The present study is an attempt to study the priority sector lendingby the cooperative banking
sector at apex level in Haryana. The evaluation of priority sector lending is done in present study by considering the
coverage and progress in the various components o f the priority sector lending. This research paper also gives suggestions
for the improvement of priority sector advances by Cooperative Banks in Haryana.