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.

This Book Is Useful For Administrators, Bankers And Researchers For Their Day-To-Day Activities.

"The future of India lies in its villages", Mahatma Ghandhi.In order to stay alive in the present cutthroat atmosphere, banks should be strengthened adequately and would attain competitiveness through the use of its obtainable resources and managing business in effective manner. Therefore it is very important to assess the performance of the regional rural banks (RRBs) in India from time to time. Regional Rural Banks (also RRBs), whose development process was started in October 2, 1975 are next-door level banking organizations progressively providing services in 644 notified districts of 27 States in India with 20,904 branches till 31st March 2016. They have been come into existence with a motive to serve first and foremost the rural areas of India with basic banking and financial services. Regional Rural Banks were established under the provisions of an Ordinance approved on September 26, 1975 and the RRB Act.1976 to offer adequate banking and credit facilities for agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. In the current paper, an attempt has been made to study the financial performance of Regional Rural Bank (RRB), keeping in view the present trends of regional rural banks in the national perspective. The study is analytic and exploratory in nature, and makes use of resultant data. The study found that the performance of Regional Rural Banks in India has drastically improved from the period of its establishment, as steps for their improvement were initiated by the Government of India after the amalgamation process.

Agriculture and rural sectors play an important role in India's overall development strategy in terms of income and employment generation and poverty alleviation. Great significance has, therefore, been accorded to developing appropriate institutions and mechanisms for catering to the credit requirements of these sectors. The government of India has promoted Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). These banks are state-sponsored, regionally-based, and rural-oriented. Besides the RRBs, commercial and co-operative banks have also been catering to the credit requirements of the rural sector. The renewed emphasis on agricultural and rural development by the government would lead to a growing demand for different types of financial services in the rural areas. RRBs would be called upon to play a greater role in providing such services, due to their rural character and feel. This book explores development of RRBs in India.