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Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur

The history of agricultural education in Kerala can be traced back to the year 1896 when a scheme was evolved in the erstwhile Travancore State to train a few young men in scientific agriculture at the Demonstration Farm, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram, presently, the Cropping Systems Research Centre under Kerala Agricultural University. Agriculture was introduced as an optional subject in the middle school classes in the State in 1922 when an Agricultural Middle School was started at Aluva, Ernakulam District. The popularity and usefulness of this school led to the starting of similar institutions at Kottarakkara and Konni in 1928 and 1931 respectively. Agriculture was later introduced as an optional subject for Intermediate Course in 1953. In 1955, the erstwhile Government of Travancore-Cochin started the Agricultural College and Research Institute at Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram and the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Mannuthy, Thrissur for imparting higher education in agricultural and veterinary sciences, respectively. These institutions were brought under the direct administrative control of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Animal Husbandry, respectively. With the formation of Kerala State in 1956, these two colleges were affiliated to the University of Kerala. The post-graduate programmes leading to M.Sc. (Ag), M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees were started in 1961, 1962 and 1965 respectively. On the recommendation of the Second National Education Commission (1964-66) headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, the then Chairman of the University Grants Commission, one Agricultural University in each State was established. The State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) were established in India as an integral part of the National Agricultural Research System to give the much needed impetus to Agriculture Education and Research in the Country. As a result the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) was established on 24th February 1971 by virtue of the Act 33 of 1971 and started functioning on 1st February 1972. The Kerala Agricultural University is the 15th in the series of the SAUs. In accordance with the provisions of KAU Act of 1971, the Agricultural College and Research Institute at Vellayani, and the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, were brought under the Kerala Agricultural University. In addition, twenty one agricultural and animal husbandry research stations were also transferred to the KAU for taking up research and extension programmes on various crops, animals, birds, etc. During 2011, Kerala Agricultural University was trifurcated into Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) and Kerala Agricultural University (KAU). Now the University has seven colleges (four Agriculture, one Agricultural Engineering, one Forestry, one Co-operation Banking & Management), six RARSs, seven KVKs, 15 Research Stations and 16 Research and Extension Units under the faculties of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering and Forestry. In addition, one Academy on Climate Change Adaptation and one Institute of Agricultural Technology offering M.Sc. (Integrated) Climate Change Adaptation and Diploma in Agricultural Sciences respectively are also functioning in Kerala Agricultural University.

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Subject: Rural Banking Finance × Author: KAU × End date: 1999 × Start date: 1990 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Appraisal of the formulation and implementation of the district credit plan in Kottayam District
    (Department of Rural Banking and Finance, College of Co-operation And Banking, Mannuthy, 1990) Sebastian Joseph; KAU; Mohandas, M
    The study ‘An Appraisal of the formulation and implementation of the District Credit plan in Kottayam District’ has been carried out to examine the extent to which the lead banks have followed the methodology suggested for formulation of the District Credit Plan (DCP) and the Annual Action Plan (AAP).It also aims at examining the extent of co-ordination between the banks and the development departments. Comparative performance of commercial banks and the co-operative banks and assessing the extend of inter bank. Inter sectoral and inter block variations in the achievement of targets fixed under the DCP and AAPs in the Third round and until the formation of the fourth round of the District Credit Plan. The study covered all the commercial banks and co-operative banks in the Kottayam District in Kerala during the period 1983 to 1987 ie.. the 3rd round of the DCP and the AAPs prepared thereafter. A sample study of the District coordinators of the various banks were also employed for the purpose of assessing the extent of co-ordination between banks and development departments and the methodology actually followed for the preparation and implementation of the DCP. The study revealed that the RBI guidelines for formulation amd implementation of DCP and AAPs could be followed only to a limited extent in the Kottayam District due to certain built-in constraints like the absence of a District Development Plan. the lack of an effective co-ordination mechanism between banks and the development departments and the lack of synchronization between preparation of the Annual Plans by the Government and the AAP by the lead bank and the performance budgets of the commercial banks. Yet another problem was the added work load imposed on the development departments and the banks due to the implementation of the DCP. It was seen that no adequate number of staff to prepare and carry out the plan was made available to the development departments and the commercial banks. It was seen that no scientific criteria like the past performance of the banks or the credit potential of the area were effectively employed while fixing the targets for each bank as well as for the different sectors. The co-efficient of correlation between the previous year’s achievements and the succeeding year’s targets showed no significant relationship which invalidates the claim of the banks that targets have been fixed according to previous years achievements. It was noticed that in all the years the performance under the Secondary sector was much below the targets. This indicated that targets were not fixed scientifically. It was pointed out by the lead bank that the SSI targets were fixed based on the District Industries Centre (DIC) Action Plan which in turn were based on the units that sought provisional registration with it. So there was no viability or in-depth study undertaken of the potential for these schemes. High co-efficient of variation implying high degree of disparities were observed between the achievements of banks, sectors and blocks. Eventhough block-wise variations have registered a decline indicating a decline in disparities; no such trend was noticed in the sector-wise or bank-wise achievements. It was seen that the banks were more concerned with attaining the overall targets rather than achieving the individual sector targets. This was partly due to the inadequacy of the monitoring system which did not give proper attention to sectorial and block-wise targets. Thus the basic requirement that banks should deploy 40 per cent of the total advances to the priority sectors alone was considered seriously by the banks as well as by the RBI. This had lead to the banks reallocating their targets under the different sectors so as to suit their convenience. This hardly goes to justify the concept of District Credit planning exercise but is rather a negation of it.