Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Rupesh Khaparde, Hem Prakash Verma and Eshant Kumar Sukdeve

Abstract:
The present study was conducted in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh state during 2016-17 with main objective to study the correlation analysis of the profile of farmers and knowledge of Kisan Credit Card. The total sample for the present study was 120. The Ex-post facto research design was used for conducting the study. The data were collected through semi-structured interview schedule and collected data processed and statistically analyzed by coefficient of correlation. The Education, Occupation, Annual income, Credit acquisition, contact with credit agencies, Social participation, Economic motivation were found to have positive and significant relationship with the level of knowledge at 5% level of significant. Were age, annual income and size of land holding observed to be positive and significant relationship with level of knowledge at 1% of significant. However cast and risk orientation did not influence the level of knowledge. Most of the respondents (61.67%) had partial utilized, followed by 36.67 percent of the respondents were having least utilized, whereas, 1.66 percent of the respondents belonged to category of partial utilized. It can be concluded that majority of the respondents had partial utilization of Kisan Credit Card.