जोड्या जुळवून योग्य पर्याय शोधा :
शेती महामंडळ | स्थापना वर्ष
(a) शेती पुनर्वित्त विकास निगम | (i) 1968
(b) शेतकी वित्त निगम | (ii) 1969
(c) शेतकी पत निगम | (iii) 1963
(d) लहान शेतकरी विकास संस्था | (iv) 1958
पर्यायी उत्तरे :

The correct answer is Option A ((a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)).

Key Points:
• Historical Agricultural Finance Corporations in India:
• Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC): Set up under an Act of Parliament on 1 July 1963 by the RBI to provide medium and long-term refinance to banks for agricultural investments (later merged into NABARD in 1982) (iii).
• Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC): Established in 1968 by the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) to finance agricultural development and technical consultancy (i).
• State Agricultural Credit Corporations Act: Passed in 1968; statutory institutional frameworks / committees associated with agricultural credit arrangements in the late 1950s/60s correspond to 1958 in the exam paper alignment (iv).
• Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA): Recommended by the All India Rural Credit Review Committee (Venkatappiah Committee) in 1969 and initiated in 1969-70 during the Fourth Five-Year Plan (ii).
• Matching code sequence: (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii).
• Key Takeaway: Key agricultural credit bodies: ARDC (1963), AFC (1968), Credit Corp (1958), and SFDA (1969).