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Land as collateral in India

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  • Sudha Narayanan

    (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

  • Judhajit Chakraborty

    (Michigan State University)

Abstract

Land is often regarded as a crucial factor enabling credit access because it serves as an ideal collateral, for both borrowers and lenders. Yet in reality, in developing countries like India land is not used as collateral for a variety of reasons. This paper maps the use of land as collateral for borrowings by Indian households using a nationally representative survey of households, the All India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS) of 2012-13. The goal of the paper is to document the extent and patterns of use of land as collateral. We supplement this with insights from a field survey in select talukas of Maharashtra that examines borrower perceptions of use of land as collateral.

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  • Sudha Narayanan & Judhajit Chakraborty, 2019. "Land as collateral in India," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2019-006, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
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    Keywords

    Land; collateral; credit; India; household finance; land records;
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    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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