Priority Sector Lending (PSL)

Topics Covered: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing. Priority Sector Lending (PSL): Context: The Reserve Bank of India has assigned priority sector lending (PSL) status to India’s startup sector.  Significance of the move: RBI opening …