Abstract :
Finance is the key element which almost all activities revolve around. A sound financial system is a symbol of sound economy. It performs the role of intermediary between savers and investors. Priority Sector Lending (PSL) is a scheme which is intended to give loans to the important priority sectors of the economy. Keeping the objectives, performance of priority sector lending in Belagavi district was studied. The study on the target performance by the selected sectors in the areas under study revealed very poor performance especially in other priority sectors compared to agriculture, allied and retail trade business sectors.
Keyword :
Financial, Priority, Less developed country