| (As on the last reporting Friday) | | | | | | | (Amount in Rs. crore) |
| Sector | March 2000 | March 2001@ | March 2002@ |
| | | Amount | Percentage | Amount | Percentage | Amount | Percentage | | | | to Net bank | | to Net bank | | to Net bank | | | | credit | | credit | | credit |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| I. Agriculture | 4,023 | 8.3 | 5,394 | 8.5 | 8,022 | 8.5 | II. Small-scale industries | 8,000 | 16.5 | 8,158 | 14.4 | 8,613 | 13.7 | III. Other priority sectors # | 6,345 | 12.0 | 7,998 | 14.2 | 9,074 | 14.4 |
| Total (I+II+III) | 18,368 | 38.0 | 21,550 | 38.2 | 25,709 | 40.9 |
| @ Data are provisional.
# Inclusive of advances to setting up industrial estates, funds provided to RRBs by sponsor banks, loan to software industries, food and agro-processing sector, self-help group and venture capital.
Note: Indirect Agriculture is reckoned upto 4.5 per cent of Net Bank Credit for calculation of percentage of Agriculture. |
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