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LOAN UTILISATION AND REPAYMENT BEHAVIOUR: EVIDENCE FROM FARMERS OF HARYANA
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Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan, India
 
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Department of Economics, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India
 
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Department of Economics, Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind, India
 
 
Submission date: 2023-02-27
 
 
Final revision date: 2023-04-06
 
 
Acceptance date: 2023-04-27
 
 
Online publication date: 2023-06-29
 
 
Publication date: 2023-06-29
 
 
Corresponding author
Babloo Jakhar   

Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan, NH-8, Jaipur Ajmer Highway, Bandarsindri, Kishanga, 305817, Kishangarh, India
 
 
Economic and Regional Studies 2023;16(2):286-316
 
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Subject and purpose of work: T he p resent p aper a ssesses t he l oan u tilisation a nd r epayment behaviour of loanee or indebted farmers in Haryana, India. Materials and methods: The study was conducted in Haryana state. The s tudy is based on primary data that have been collected through schedules from a sample of 600 indebted farmers. Proportionate sampling was employed. Further, a percentage is used for data analysis. Results: The study found that about half of the loan amount was utilised by farmers in nonproductive activities that directly stimulate the debt burden on them, because this type of expenditure did not contribute to the earnings of farmers. Further, around two-fifth of the farmers were regularly repaying their loans, one fifth were defaulters and remaining two-fifth were paying their loan irregularly. Overall, Farmers’ repayment behaviour is not satisfactory. Conclusions: The non-productive usage of the loan amount is one of the main causes of their indebtedness. Reducing such expenditure is one of the main challenges for farmers without generating other sources of income.
 
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