Reference No: CMA0823Pages: 19Published on: 15, April, 2021
Abstract: The agricultural financial market in India was still underdeveloped, in part because the formal financial sector viewed the rural population in general and agriculture, in particular, to be high-risk. Warehouse receipt financing (WHR Financing) is a financial instrument that provides farmers and traders with access to working capital by allowing ... More
Reference No: CMA0546(A)Pages: 27Published on: 1, January, 1981
Abstract: The case deals with a feasibility study of setting up a sugarcane plant in an underdeveloped country, viz. Liberia in West Africa. It deals with the problems of how to make mid-course corrections when the assumptions made in the feasibility have gone wrong. It is given along with the exercises ... More
Reference No: CMA0760Pages: 5Published on: 1, January, 1997
Abstract: This case discusses a change in organizational structure of the Agricultural Finance Department of ABC Bank to highlight how it has helped in streamlining the operations. Issues such as more autonomy and decentralization, thrust, on new product development by the officials, etc. are emphasized. ... More
Reference No: CMA0768Pages: 11Published on: 1, January, 1998
Abstract: This case deals with the methodology for estimating agricultural input distribution credit requirement. It also aims at examining the consistency of the existing credit portfolio for input distribution business and seeks to evolve alternative criterian for existing banking practices particularly in backward areas where PACS are defunct. It further seeks ... More
Reference No: CMA0770EXPages: 5Published on: 1, January, 1998
Abstract: This case seeks to examine the rationale for innovating indirect agricultural credit portfolios of RFIs and the recent changes in these portfolios of priority sector credit. It also seeks to examine the policy of common lending interest rates for direct credit and indirect agricultural credit, besides non-agricultural credit. ... More
Reference No: CMA0615TECPages: 5Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: Deals with RBI's definitions of direct and indirect finance for agriculture, and the data on relative importance of these two types of rural credit in India. The note also raises questions for discussing (a) the rationale for indirect finance, (b) purposes which have a direct bearing on the backward and ... More
Reference No: F&A0578Pages: 9Published on: 29, August, 2025
Abstract: The case explores the intricacies of debt refinancing decisions in the context of large real estate assets. Neelima Patel, representing Roha Foods—a business-to-business food product supplier—faced a crucial financial decision. Having financed the company's expansion with a floating-rate mortgage loan from Cuttak Bank, she was now presented ... More
Reference No: CMA0571(A)Pages: 29Published on: 1, January, 1983
Abstract: The union is a loss-making unit of a state corporation. Each division claims to operate best. The case depicts overall management and marketing systems. It establishes the linkages between various departments and costing systems. The effect of costing systems and price policy raises issues of management and linkages. ... More
Reference No: CMA0256Pages: 5Published on: 6, December, 1973
Abstract: In this case a bank managers experiences in financing farmers for agricultural production are studied. The case also poses the problem of scrutinizing loan applications supervising farm-finance operations of the bank. ... More
Reference No: CMA0233Pages: 11Published on: 16, June, 1972
Abstract: The case is about the financing of eucalyptus plantation which has a good scope in Mysore state. An outline of the project was prepared by Agricultural Finance Corporation circulated among the member banks. The Manager, Agricultural Finance Department of a National Bank prepared a note for the Board of Directors ... More
Reference No: STR0468Pages: 23Published on: 11, November, 2022
Abstract: What started as a FMCG distributor in 1967 in Kenya as Export Finance Company, is now a dynamic global conglomerate across 48 countries and 5 continents — Export Trading Group. ETG was taken over by the then CFO Mahesh Patel after exit of the founding stakeholders. It was then when the company shifted its ... More
Reference No: CMA0572Pages: 7Published on: 1, January, 1983
Abstract: The case relates to the issue of developing and implementing a programme to finance weaker sections of rural population. The programme warrants interface among a bank, developmental agency, a milk processing unit, milk producers' societies and individual milk producers, and stipulates a certain degree of coordination for the success of ... More
Reference No: CMA0220Pages: 10Published on: 1, September, 1970
Abstract: The case is based on the loan application of a farmer submitted to the bank for expanding his Dairy Farm. The loan proposal was first processed by the Branch Manager then by the Regional Officer. The Regional Office recommended the proposal to the Agricultural Finance Department, reviewed the whole case ... More
Reference No: CMA0449Pages: 9Published on: 12, September, 1977
Abstract: The case deals with the interphasing between the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC) and a commercial bank when the latter submits a scheme for refinance to the former. The case poses some questions which reflect the importance of the scrutiny of the scheme made by ARDC and the merits ... More
Reference No: CMA0345TECPages: 15Published on: 7, July, 1975
Abstract: This note first discusses agricultural finance in brief. It then presents 1) some concepts which are essential to appreciate the financial environment in rural India, 2) role of the financial market, 3) credit appraisal principles availability of data to apply them in India. ... More