ORIGINAL ARTICLE
CONSTRAINTS IN CREDIT ACCESSIBILITY FROM PRIMARY
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN HARYANA STATE,
INDIA
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Department of Economics, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India
Submission date: 2023-03-26
Final revision date: 2023-04-25
Acceptance date: 2023-04-27
Publication date: 2023-09-28
Corresponding author
Suninder Singh
Department of Economics, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India
Economic and Regional Studies 2023;16(3):422-433
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Subject and purpose of work: The objective of the study was to identify the constraints in credit
accessibility from Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies in Haryana State, India. Materials and methods: The primary data were used for achieving the objective of the study.
The primary data were collected in the second quarter of 2022 by employing the schedule. The
multistage purposive cum proportionate random sampling techniques were adopted to select
a sample of 540 respondents. The percentage was used for data analysis. Results: The constraints in accessing credit are identified faced by beneficiary farmers and nonbeneficiary
farmers. The major constraints faced by the beneficiary farmers in accessing credit
from PACS are inadequate credit limit (87.40%), short time to repayment of loan (66.29%), high
penalty rate (55.92%), and unavailability of medium-term loans (50.00%). While inadequate credit
limit (80.00%), no new accounts opened (72.22%) and fear of being a defaulter (47.78%) were the
major constraints faced by the non-beneficiary farmers in accessing credit from PACS. Conclusions: The various constraints were identified in accessing credit from PACS. Credit limits
should be extended on the basis of the scale of the finance. Medium-term loans need to be increased.
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