(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.