The overall priority sector lending target for a domestic scheduled commercial bank is what proportion of its adjusted net bank credit?
- A.18 per cent
- B.25 per cent
- C.40 per cent
- D.75 per cent
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 40 per cent. A domestic scheduled commercial bank must lend forty per cent of its adjusted net bank credit, or of the credit equivalent of its off balance sheet exposure if that is higher, to the priority sector. The categories are agriculture, micro, small and medium enterprises, export credit, education, housing, social infrastructure, renewable energy and the weaker sections, and a shortfall has to be placed in the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund and other funds with NABARD.
Option A, eighteen per cent, is the sub-target within that forty per cent for agriculture. Option B, twenty-five per cent, is not a priority sector figure at all. Option D, seventy-five per cent, is the much higher target set for regional rural banks and for small finance banks, which are meant to serve exactly these borrowers, so it is the trap for a candidate who mixes the bank categories.
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Practice Questions
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- B.Kisan Credit Card
- C.Krishi Credit Corporation
- D.Kisan Credit Corporation
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- B.SEWAA model
- C.SAPAP model
- D.DWCRA model
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- A.1 July 2010
- B.1 April 2016
- C.1 October 2019
- D.1 April 2003
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- B.Benchmark Prime Lending Rate
- C.External benchmark lending rate
- D.Bank rate
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- A.Pledge
- B.Hypothecation
- C.Lien
- D.Mortgage
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