• Dr Reena Dogra
• Divya Sarjolta

After the nationalisation of Banks in 1969, the commercial banks were made to play a more direct role in financing the agricultural sector. Since then they have come a long way and have become the pivotal institution in providing agricultural credit. The present study has been undertaken to study the growth of agricultural credit advanced by scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) in India in general and Himachal Pradesh in particular. It was found that there was significant growth agricultural credit given by SCBs. The relationship between agricultural credit by SCBs and agricultural gross state domestic product (AGDSP) was also assessed using simple linear regression model. Not only was the model found to be significant, but it was also found that agricultural credit by SCBs had a significant impact on the AGDSP.

Scheduled Commercial Banks, Agricultural Credit, Agriculture Loans, AGDSP

"AN ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BY SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS: A STUDY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.973-979, MAY-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805581.pdf

"AN ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BY SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS: A STUDY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp973-979, MAY-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805581.pdf