(As on the last Friday)

(Amount in Rs. crore)

Sector

March 1998

March 1999*

March 2000*

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

4,950

24.5

5,678

25.0

6,322

22.5

II.

Small-scale industries

2,084

10.3

2,460

11.0

2,872

10.2

Total Priority Sector Advances

6,940

34.3

8,270

37.0

9,699

34.5

Note: * Provisional.