Assertion (A): The government pushed banks to open branches in rural areas after 1969.
Reason (R): The aim was to free farmers from dependence on moneylenders.

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Social banking after nationalisation took formal credit to villages to replace exploitative lenders.
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Concept: Social banking
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Assertion (A): The government pushed banks to open branches in rural areas after 1969.Reason (R): The aim was to free farmers from dependence on moneylenders.

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Assertion (A): The government pushed banks to open branches in rural areas after 1969.
Reason (R): The aim was to free farmers from dependence on moneylenders.