Some public sector as well as private sector banks have seen a pick-up in their agricultural loan book, a segment lenders have traditionally looked at with abundant caution. weather uncertainties and El Nino risks, industry experts said.

These banks include

#CanaraBank

#bankofindia

#kotakbank

#FederalBank

#IDFCFIRSTBank

The banks, on average, grew their agri loan portfolio by 17 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis.

According to experts, good rainfall in the previous years resulted in high demand for agricultural loans in the semi-rural and rural markets.