RBI revises Priority Sector Lending (PSL) Guidelines, fresh categories included

Indian Economy, Priority Sector Advances

Today (September 4, 2020) announced that PSL guidelines have been comprehensively reviewed to align it with emerging national priorities and bring a sharper focus on inclusive development, after having wide-ranging discussions with all stakeholders. “Revised PSL guidelines will enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas; increase the lending to small and marginal farmers and…

History of Economic Planning in India

Indian Economy

In 1934, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Vishveshvaraiah published a book titled “Planned Economy in India”, in which he presented a constructive draft of the development of India in the next ten years. The central idea envisaged by Sir M.Vishveshvaraiah was to lay out a plan to shift labour from agriculture to industries and double up…