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LOAN REPAYMENT BEHAVIOR OF BENEFICIARY FARMERS IN PRIMARY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN HARYANA (INDIA)
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Department of Economics, C.M.K. National Post Graduate College, Sirsa (Haryana), India
 
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Department of Economics, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa (Haryana), India
 
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Department of Education in Social Science and Humanities, Regional Institute of Education NCERT, Bhubaneshwar, India
 
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Department of Economics, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, India
 
 
Submission date: 2024-01-05
 
 
Final revision date: 2024-04-01
 
 
Acceptance date: 2024-04-26
 
 
Online publication date: 2024-06-28
 
 
Publication date: 2024-06-28
 
 
Corresponding author
Suninder Singh   

Department of Economics, C.M.K. National Post Graduate College, Sirsa (Haryana), 125102, Sirsa, India
 
 
Economic and Regional Studies 2024;17(2):347-354
 
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Subject and purpose of work: The study examined the loan repayment behavior of beneficiary farmers in Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies in the State of Haryana, India. Materials and methods: The findings were based on primary as well as secondary data. The secondary data was collected for the period of 2006-2007 to 2018-2019. The primary data was collected in the second quarter of 2022. Results: The study concluded that year-wise the maximum percentage of defaulter farmers was 34.97% in 2008- 2009 due to the debt relief scheme announced by the Government of India in 2008. Furthermore, it revealed that about 75% of beneficiary farmers repaid their loans regularly after receiving the benefit of interest subvention at 7% by the government of India and the state government. The findings on primary data concluded that most farmers have been repaying their loans regularly, and less than 10% of beneficiary farmers defaulted. The main reason for the default was a loan without security and the anticipation of a loan waive-off scheme. About 19% of beneficiary farmers have been repaying their loans irregularly due to the short time within which loan repayments needed to be made. Conclusions: The short time of loan repayment is the main cause of irregular loan repayment behavior. The period of repayment of loans should be extended for one year and it should be considered from the loan issuance date.
 
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