Profile of the kisan credit card scheme non-beneficiary farmers of Marathwada region

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to find out the “Profile of the Kisan Credit Card Scheme Non-beneficiary Farmers of Marathwada region”. Study was conducted in Latur and Osmanabad district of the Marathwada region during the year 2020 and 2021. Ex-post-facto research design was used for the present study. The data were collected with the help of pretested interview schedule from the respondents as per their convenience at their home or farm. The study had shown the results as under, 60.00 per cent of the KCC scheme non-beneficiaries were from middle age group, one fourth (i.e. 25.00%) of the non-beneficiaries educated up to middle level, nearly three fourth (i.e. 74.17%) of the non-beneficiaries belonged to medium size of family, 66.67 per cent of the non-beneficiaries belonged to nuclear family, 47.50 per cent of the non-beneficiaries belonged to low annual income, majority (i.e. 92.50%) of the non-beneficiaries had cultivation as their occupation, 45.83 per cent of the non-beneficiaries belonged to marginal land holding category, 45.83 per cent of the non-beneficiaries had low social participation, nearly half (i.e. 49.17%) of the non-beneficiaries had medium extension contact, 47.50 per cent of the non-beneficiaries had medium sources of information, 42.50 per cent of the non-beneficiaries had medium economic motivation, 45.00 per cent of the non-beneficiaries had medium risk orientation and 41.67 per cent of the non-beneficiaries had medium level of overall knowledge.