RBI CONCEPTS:PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING#14

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1. What are the different categories under priority sector?

Priority Sector includes the following categories:

(i) Agriculture
(ii) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(iii) Export Credit
(iv) Education
(v) Housing
(vi) Social Infrastructure
(vii) Renewable Energy
(viii) Others

2. What are the Targets and Sub-targets for banks under priority sector?

The targets and sub-targets for banks under priority sector are as follows:

Categories Domestic scheduled commercial banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks and Small Finance Banks) and Foreign banks with 20 branches and above Foreign banks with less than 20 branches
Total Priority Sector

40 per cent of Adjusted Net Bank Credit or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure, whichever is higher.

40 per cent of Adjusted Net Bank Credit or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure, whichever is higher, to be achieved in a phased manner by 2020.
Agriculture # 18 per cent of ANBC or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure, whichever is higher.

Within the 18 percent target for agriculture, a target of 8 percent of ANBC or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure, whichever is higher is prescribed for Small and Marginal Farmers.

Not applicable
Micro Enterprises 7.5 percent of ANBC or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure, whichever is higher. Not applicable
Advances to Weaker Sections 10 percent of ANBC or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure, whichever is higher Not applicable
# Domestic banks have been directed to ensure that their overall direct lending to non-corporate farmers does not fall below the system-wide average of the last three years achievement.

3.What is included under Weaker Sections under priority sector?

Priority sector loans to the following borrowers are eligible to be considered under Weaker Sections category:-

No. Category
1. Small and Marginal Farmers
2. Artisans, village and cottage industries where individual credit limits do not exceed ₹ 0.1 million
3. Beneficiaries under Government Sponsored Schemes such as National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) and Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)
4. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
5. Beneficiaries of Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) scheme
6. Self Help Groups
7. Distressed farmers indebted to non-institutional lenders
8. Distressed persons other than farmers, with loan amount not exceeding ₹ 0.1 million per borrower to prepay their debt to non-institutional lenders
9. Individual women beneficiaries up to ₹ 0.1 million per borrower
10. Persons with disabilities
11. Overdraft limit to PMJDY account holder upto ₹ 10,000/- with age limit of 18-65 years.
12. Minority communities as may be notified by Government of India from time to time

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