| (As on the last reporting Friday) | (Amount in Rs. crore) |
| | | | March 2001
| March 2002@
| March 2003@
| | | Sector | 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 # | 11,572 | 33.5 | 13,414 | 34.0 | 14,848 | 33.9 | Of which : | | | | | | | I. | Export Credit | 6,961 | 20.2 | 6,948 | 18.0 | 8,195 | 18.7 | | | | | | | | | | II. | Small-scale industries | 3,646 | 10.6 | 4,561 | 12.0 | 3,809 | 8.7 |
| @ 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. |
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