"Repeated loan waivers by various state governments distorts credit pricing, thereby also disrupting the credit market," he said at a function organised by Nabard.
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments have declared loan waivers for farmers hit by cyclone Phailin last year.
While the Telangana government has given the mandated 25 per cent of the written off loan amount to the banks, Andhra Pradesh has not done it so far.
On the interest subvention schemes for farmers and tiny sectors, he said: "To my mind any broad-based interest subvention distorts the price of credit and leads to misuse. Again and again we see that distorted prices lead to the wrong kind of investments. If you incentivise short-term loans you don't get long-term investment, but only short-term credit."
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He also flagging concerns over the over-leverage that farmers take by way of availing of multiple loans and get leveraged up to five-times. The Governor complemented the Nabard for stopping this practice and said the central bank itself is looking at ending this market disruptive convention.
He asked banks to track the overall lending to individuals so that a certain element of discipline can be brought in both for the financial institutions as well as borrowers.
"Track the overall lending to individuals so that they don't over lent, and also keep track of individuals, so that they don't play game of one institutions against another... Also, it avoids excess leverage.