Why do we need to expand formal sources of credit in India?
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(i) High cost of borrowing leads to a major share of earnings going into payment of interest on the loan.
(ii) Sometimes the higher interest rate leads to the requirement to pay more than the earnings, thus falling into a debt-trap.
(iii) Borrowers falling into debt-traps discourage more people from borrowing, thus reducing development of the country.
(iv)Banks and cooperative societies lending to more borrowers will lead to higher incomes and many people could then borrow cheaply for a variety of needs like growing crops, set-up business or small-scale industries.
Question: Why do banks and cooperative societies need to lend more?
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Why do we need to expand formal sources of credit in India?
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Describe the bad effects of informal sources of credit on borrowers. In situations with high risks, credit might create further problems for the borrowers. Explain.
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Describe the importance of formal sources of credit in the economic development.
Answer:
There is no organisation with supervises the credit activities of lenders in the informal sector...
They charge whatever interest rates they want...
There is no one to stop them from using unfair means to get their money back...
The high interest rate for borrowing leads to increased debt, and eventually, the situation of a debt trap...
Thus, it is necessary that banks and co-operatives increase their lending, particularly in the rural areas, so that the dependence on informal sources of credit reduces. Cheap and affordable credit is crucial for the country's development...
Let us take the case of a farmer. If he has to take a loan from a lender for crop production, and due to certain unavoidable factors there is a crop failure, then he will not be able to repay the loan...
Now either the farmer has to take a fresh loan, or sell some portion of his land, for instance, to repay the loan...
Thus, in high risk situations credit may create further problems for the borrower just as the farmer has fallen into the situation of a debt trap...
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