(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.