NABARD Chairman Shaji KV: India's Rural Credit Ecosystem Is Formalizing

NABARD Chairman Shaji KV discussed the formalization of India's rural credit ecosystem and its benefits for borrowers at the Grameen Bharat Mahotsav.

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India's rural credit ecosystem is increasingly getting formalized, and borrowers across the country are preferring formal sources due to a variety of reasons, including interest subventions and subsidized credit, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Chairman Shaji KV told reporters on Sunday.

"The access of credit from informal sources is actually coming down very drastically. That means that a formalization of rural credit is happening. (Formalization of rural credit) in itself will leave a lot of margins at the hands of the rural people, because if you access an informal source, the rate of interest will be higher, thus margins before them will be lower," Shaji KV told a press conference at the ongoing six-day Grameen Bharat Mahotsav in Bharat Mandapam here.