The document discusses credit appraisal in the banking sector. Credit appraisal is the process used by banks to evaluate a loan applicant's creditworthiness before providing a loan. It involves investigating the applicant's financial condition, repayment capacity, collateral, and other factors. Banks consider the 3Cs - character, capacity, and collateral. The credit appraisal process at State Bank of India involves preliminary assessment, documentation, sanctioning/approval, disbursement, and post-sanction monitoring. SBI has quantitative and qualitative standards for credit appraisal and uses a rating scale to assess risk levels of borrowers.