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Bank Promotion Exam Guide

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Module: General Practice

Q19: Regarding the monitoring of Priority Sector Lending Targets:

A
Compliance is monitored on an annual basis only.
B
RRBs must furnish data to RBI directly.
C
Shortfall/excess is monitored quarterly, and the annual achievement is the simple average of all quarters.
D
Mis-classifications are ignored if they are less than 1%.
✅ Correct Answer: C
Priority Sector Lending performance is monitored quarterly, and annual achievement is calculated as the simple average of the four quarters.