Vol. 9, Issue 12, Part C (2023)

Abstract
The District Central Cooperative Banks play a crucial role within the three-tier cooperative credit structure. They serve as a federation of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) at the district level, bridging the gap between these grassroots cooperatives and the apex cooperative bank. This study was undertaken to analyse the key performance indicators of DCCB’s in India, Notably, the applied model demonstrated a good fitted with an R-squared value of 92 per cent. This model was effectively employed to pinpoint the pivotal indicators responsible for DCCBs performance. The key indicators were number of branches, Deposits, Loans/Advances, employees, Owned funds, Recovery, C/D ratio and Total funds were studied. It was also observed that number of branches and employees are found negatively, significant at 5 per cent whereas owned funds and total funds were positively significant indicators for Net profit of DCCBs at 1 per cent level of significance.