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The present study was undertaken with the objectives to know how priority sector Lending is helpful to the farmers to uplift their standard of living, and in solving national problems like unemployment, poverty, rural indebtedness and farmers' suicide problems etc., The study starts with the 4 hypotheses and all have been proved at the end of the study. The study has successfully conducted to know the importance of priority sector lending in general and Articulture lending in particular. This study concentrated on Shimoga District. Priority sector lending suffers from a few limitations. The valuable suggestions made on the basis of major findings. If implemented in good faith would go long way to strengthening the Articulture sector. Which in turn plays an important role in the economic development of the country. It is definitely possible to abolish the social evils like Poverty, Rural Indebtedness, Unemployment, Bonded Labourers' And Farmers' Suicide Problems.