Institutional finance is an important pre-requisite for rural development. Institutional credit entered the rural areas a long ago the form of co-operatives and later in the form of commercial banks after their nationalisation in 1969. But these institutions failed to penetrate the rural areas as the benefits of the institutional credit continued to be cornered by the influential and economically and politically powerful sections of the society.

With special reference to their performance in rural credit in Uttaranchal, India.

This book divided into six chapters contain is inter alia the analysis of the purpose and logic of the already existing credit institutions, their strengths and weaknesses in achieving the goals for which they were setup, the changing environment which necessitates the setting up of new institutions called Regional Rural Banks, an analysis of their operations at all India level and in the state of Orissa. Very useful to teachers and researchers engaged in the study of rural banking especially in the post banking sector reform period.

In India rural people such as small and marginal farmers, landless agricultural laborers, artisans and socially and economically backward castes and classes they have been exploited in the name of credit facility by informal sector. The rural credit market consists of both formal and informal financial institutions and agencies that meet the credit needs of the rural masses in India. The supply of total formal credit is inadequate and rural credit markets are imperfect and fragmented. Moreover, the distribution of formal sector credit has been unequal, particularly with respect to region and class, cast and gender in the country side. Regional Rural Banks were established under the provisions of an Ordinance promulgated on the 26th September 1975 and the RRB Act, 1975 with an objective to ensure sufficient institutional credit for agriculture and other rural sectors.This book is useful to policy makers and researchers in the field of Regional Rural Banks and Weaker Sections Development.

Regional Rural Banks of India: Evolution, Performance and Management is a one-stop reference book on the genesis, growth, performance, and management of the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in India. It is the first book of its kind, which comprehensively examines the development of modern banking in India since the ancient period to 2013 and birth, growth, and performance of Regional Rural Banks from 1975 to 2014. It looks at all the facets of operations like structure, financial management, deposits, advances, NPA management, ALM, and risk management practices prevalent in RRBs. It also describes role of IT in RRBs. The book will fill the long-felt absence of an authentic book on the functioning of RRBs of India. The book is expected to serve as a handbook for the new recruits and also as a reference book for the senior bankers and policy makers. The book, rich with volumes of latest data, provides various regulatory guidelines pertaining to day-to-dayoperations, management, and control of the rural banks. The book is targeted at the professionals, academicians, as well as students.

The present study "Marketing of Fruits and Vegetables in West Bengal" Ph.D thesis in a book form has been arranged altogether in eleven chapters including Introduction which presents the items are given in a chronological order; Chapter 11: Historical Background of the State; Chapter 111: Geographical Environment of the State; Chapter IV: Cultivation of Marketable Fruits & Vegetables in the State; Chapter V : Processing & Preservation of Fruits & Vegetables in the State; Chapter VI: Agri. Export Zones & Allied Services; Chapter VII: Infrastructure Development in the State; Chapter VIII: Marketing Scenario i.e Marketing of Fruits &Vegetables in the State in its various aspects; Chapter IX : Analysis & Interpretation; Chapter X: Summary of the thesis- its Findings, Problems, Recommendations, Conclusion and Bibliography; Chapter XI: Recent Development.