Agri neglect haunts nation in this Covid hell

Over the past few years, loans extended by the banking system to motorcycle-related businesses (from the acquisition of bikes to loans to repair shops, spare parts retailers and motorcycle dealers) have been on a rapid rise.

A veteran rural banker, an advocate of increased agricultural lending, says he would not dare plot the rise of motorcycle-related loans; then make another chart for the depressing drop in the already meager loans that have gone to small farmers. The two charts would depress him.