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Agriculture is being considered the most important sector of the Indian economy as it contributes almost about 33 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (G.D.P.). It provides livelihood for about two thirds of the working force in the country. The total share of the agricultural products in the export earnings, both in primary as well processed forms, is very significant. The National Commission on Agriculture (1976) emphasized that, the agricultural sector has to grow at much faster rate than before not only for its own sake, but also for the sake of the Indian economy as a whole. Hence, the prosperity of the country entirely depends on the prosperity of the agricultural sector. Due to introduction of new agricultural technologies in India, has converted the nature of agriculture from traditional to modernization. The farmers intended towards the replacement of traditional methods of farming with the scientific, advanced and innovative forms of agriculture. Hence, the purchase of agricultural inputs and their application requires huge capital which is beyond the capacity of most of the Indian farmers. Therefore, farmers are being forced to depend upon borrowed funds. Basically, farmers are in the need of three types of credits such as short-term, medium-term and long-term credits. The short-term and medium-term credit requirements are met by the co-operative banking institutions like PACs, CCBs and SCBs whereas; long term credit requirements are being met by the Land Development Banks popularly known as LDBS and now they are called as Agriculture and Rural Development Banks .Significance of the study: The present study is intended to focus on the performance of the State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks in India. It aims to assess the working performance of ARD Banks with respect to a few parameters of financial indicators such as Deposits, Investments, Advances, Borrowings, Recoveries .etc.The primary objective of this study was to analyze the performance of the financial indicators of State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks in India. Methodology: This study is purely based on the secondary data. The secondary data were collected from the Annual reports of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, Reports of National Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks Federation, Land Bank Journals, reports of the Statistical Department, Reports by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies and their websites. Reserve Bank of India�s Reports, journals and Periodicals etc. covering last ten years. Statistical tools and Techniques: The present study uses the appropriate tools and techniques to analyze the data. The descriptive statistics Mean, Median, Standard Deviation, . Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), Annual Growth Rate and the Trend Analysis Methods etc. have been employed/used to interpret the data. Agricultural finance is one of the important factors that plays a larger role in boosting agriculture production and productivity. In recent years, particularly after the Green Revolution, the Indian agricultural sector has expanded to improve the socio-economic conditions of farmers. As the Socio-economic development is measured by the economic indicators such as the Gross Domestic Product, (GDP) life expectancy, (LE) literacy, and employment (L&E) rates etc. Hence, this study helps to understand the bottlenecks of the agriculture and rural development banks so as to perform well with economic viability and aiding the farm community toward betterment of the agriculture where, it helps to measure economic condition of the farmers. Consequently, an attempt is made to gain insight into the issues of the federated agriculture and rural development banks of the country. Limitations of the study: Despite all efforts to make the analysis more exhaustive and scientific, a study of this nature is doomed to have some limitations as the study is purely based on the secondary data/statistics maintained by the different organizations of the concerned field and the data obtained may not always be the exact and accurate. The study is limited to the performance of the financial indicators of the banks only.