| (As on the last reporting Friday) | | | | (Amount in Rs. crore) |
| Sector | March 2001
| March 2002@
| March 2003@
| | | 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 |
| Priority Sector Advances # | 21,567 | 36.7 | 25,709 | 40.9 | 36,705 | 44.4 | Of which : | | | | | | | I. Agriculture | 5,634 | 9.6 | 8,022 | 8.5 | 11,873 | 10.8 | II. Small-scale industries | 8,096 | 13.8 | 8,613 | 13.7 | 6,857 | 8.3 | III. Other priority sectors | 7,219 | 12.3 | 9,074 | 14.4 | 17,602 | 21.3 |
| @ 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 groups and venture capital.
Note: Indirect agriculture is reckoned up to 4.5 per cent of Net Bank Credit for calculation of percentage of Agriculture. |
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