law: The Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976
  18. Business which a
  
  Regional Rural Bank may transact
  1.  Every
  
  Regional Rural Bank shall carry on and transact the business of banking as
  
  defined in clause (b) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, and may
  
  engage in one or more forms of business specified in sub-section (1) of section
  
  6 of that Act.
  2.  Without
  
  prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), every
  
  Regional Rural Bank may, in particular, undertake the following types of
  
  business, namely:--
  a.  
  
    The
  
  granting of loans and advances, particularly to small and marginal farmers and
  
  agricultural labourers, whether individually or in groups, and to co-operative
  
  societies, including agricultural marketing societies, agricultural processing
  
  societies, co-operative farming societies, primary agricultural credit
  
  societies or farmers' service societies, for agricultural purposes or
  
  agricultural operations or for other purposes connected therewith;
  b.  
  
    The
  
  granting of loans and advances, particularly to artisans, small entrepreneurs
  
  and persons of small means engaged in trade, commerce or industry or other
  
  productive activities, within the notified area in relation to the Regional
  
  Rural Bank.