When it comes to rural credit, it is alleged that the borrowings are mainly confined to consumption purposes. Why are borrowers not spending for productive purposes?
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In rural areas the people suffer from acute poverty . They usually don't have enough money for social occasions like marriages and funerals . So they tend to spend the credit received for such purposes rather than productive activities . Also for productive purposes they need small amounts of regular credit which is difficult to get . They do not have much knowledge about expansion of production or proper profitable usage of credit . The main tendency is to suffice immediate consumption needs ones they get the credit as most of their basic needs are not fulfilled . So productive activities get hampered in spite of receiving credit for the purpose .
Regards .
In rural areas the people suffer from acute poverty . They usually don't have enough money for social occasions like marriages and funerals . So they tend to spend the credit received for such purposes rather than productive activities . Also for productive purposes they need small amounts of regular credit which is difficult to get . They do not have much knowledge about expansion of production or proper profitable usage of credit . The main tendency is to suffice immediate consumption needs ones they get the credit as most of their basic needs are not fulfilled . So productive activities get hampered in spite of receiving credit for the purpose .
Regards .