Article Details
  • Published Online:
    October  2025
  • Product Name:
    The IUP Journal of Accounting Research & Audit Practices
  • Product Type:
    Article
  • Product Code:
    IJARAP221025
  • DOI:
    10.71329/IUPJARAP/2025.24.4.404-417
  • Author Name:
    Dilpreet Kaur, Akanksha Chopra and Rakesh Mahajan
  • Availability:
    YES
  • Subject/Domain:
    Finance
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    PDF
  • Pages:
    404-417
Volume 24, Issue 4, October-December 2025
Sectoral Focus in Priority Sector Lending: Evidence from Rural Punjab
Abstract

Introduction

No industry or enterprise can function effectively without banking support. The banking sector in India, while driven by commercial objectives, also plays a foundational role in supporting the country’s financial infrastructure and socioeconomic development (Akhtar, 2016; Sijo, 2018).