Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Rural Finance Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Rural Finance
Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them.
Module 1: Rural Finance
- 1 Concept and nature Rural Finance
- 2 Types of Rural Finance
- 3 Rural indebtedness – causes, effects and remedial measures
- 4 Sources of Rural Finance - Institutional and Non Institutional
Module 2: Financial Institution
- 1 Co-operative credit structure-Primary Credit Co-operative Society, District Co- operative Central Bank and State Co-operative Bank
- 2 Functions of Primary Credit Co-operative Society, District Co-operative Central Bank and State Co-operative Bank
- 3 Role of NABARD in Rural Development.
- 4 Regional Rural Banks.
Module 3: Micro Finance
- 1 Concept, and Origin and of micro finance.
- 2 Scope of micro finance in rural area.
- 3 Significance of Self -help Group in Rural Development.
- 4 Linkages of Self- Help Group to bank sector.
Module 4: Problems of Rural Finance
- 1 Problems related to agriculture credit supply.
- 2 Remedial measures and promotion of rural credit.
- 3 Crop insurance and its importance.
- 4 Livestock insurance and its importance.
Text Books
- 2 Rural Marketing Gopala swamy Vikas Publishing House New Delhi.
- 3 Dantawala, Indian Agriculture Development since Independence, Oxford & IHB Publication
Reference Books
- 1 Desai Vasant Small-scale industries and entrepreneurship Himalaya Publishing House,
- 2 Agarwal A.N. Indian Economy, Problems of Development and Planning.
- 3 Dr. Chandra Shekar Prasad, Agriculture and Sustainable Development in India , New Century Publication, New Delhi.
- 4 Dr. K.A. Rasure, Sustainable Development in India, Oxford Book Company, Jaipur,
- 5 Dr. Vijay Karimandan, Principles and Practice of Agricultural Economics ,Mangesh Prakashan, (Marathi Prakashan)