The present study has analyzed the performance of institutional advances for agriculture and allied activities in Karnataka with an emphasis on North Karnataka for the last 13 years . 2005-06 to 2017-18. During the study period, the growth in investment loan for agriculture was less than that of crop loan at all India level, Karnataka state level and for North Karnataka. The share of term loan in the total agricultural advances was less than 30 per cent at all the three levels considered. |