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Abstract
The present study was conducted in the Madhubani district of Bihar, with the objectives; to examine the structure and the progress and performance of institutional agriculture production credit delivery system.The study was based on the data collected from 100 sample farmers (50 loanee and 50 non-loanee farmers)residing in randomly selected ten villages of five development blocks of the district pertaining to the year. Descriptive analysis was done to know the structure; progress and performance of institutional agriculture production credit delivery system. Out of total bank branches (248) operating in Madhubani district 47.98 per cent (119) branches were of Commercial Banks, 5.65 per cent (14) of Cooperative Credit Banks and 46.37 per cent (115) of Regional Rural Banks. Further out of total bank branches operating in the district about 67.34 per cent (167) branches were operating in rural areas, whereas 31.45 per cent (78) branches and 1.21 (03) per cent branches were found to be operating in semi urban and urban areas, respectively.