(As on the last Friday)

(Amount in Rs. crore)

Sector

March 1997

March 1998

March 1999*

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.

Export Credit

4,474

27.5

4,950

24.5

5,678

25.0

II.

Small-scale industries

1,836

11.3

2,084

10.3

2,460

11.0

Total Priority Sector Advances

6,139

37.7

6,940

34.3

8,270

37.0

Note: * Provisional.