in the land of The amount of disbursement of agriculture and non-agricultural loans is higher than that of the previous one, but the defaulted loans are much higher in the debt disbursement, and in the last one year, the defaulted loans in the agriculture sector have been 193 percent.
The latest report of the latest May update report of Bangladesh Bank's Agricultural Credit Division has seen such a picture, the report said, the amount of defaulted loans in this sector has increased due to the new loan categorization policy of the Central Bank.
According to the data of the central bank, the total defaulted loans in the agriculture sector at the end of May 2025 were Tk 6,881 crore. At the end of last May, it was 192.55 percent out of 20 thousand 130 crores.
The role of the agricultural sector in ensuring the overall economy and food security of the country is many. The contribution of the agricultural sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) is 11.71 percent; and the total employment of the country is 46 percent of the agricultural sector. This is why the government has also encouraged the distribution of agricultural credit. The government has also encouraged the distribution of agricultural credit and the decision of the government to take power up to 10,000 taka in the last February after the BNP government came to power.
