Sector

No. of Accounts (in lakh)

June

March

March

March

March

1969

2000

2001

2002@

2003@

1

2

3

4

5

6

I.

Agriculture

1.7

160

188

161

168

i)

Direct

1.6

157

185

157

164

ii)

Indirect

0.1

3

3

4

4

II.

Small-scale industries

0.5

22

20

22

17

III.

Other priority sector advances

0.4

81

80

83

79

IV.

Total priority sector advances #

2.6

265

288

269

268

V.

Net Bank Credit

—

—

—

—

—

Sector

Amount Outstanding (Rs. crore)

June

March

March

March

March

1969

2000

2001

2002@

2003@

1

7

8

9

10

11

I.

Agriculture

162

45,296

53,571

63,082

73,507

(5.4)

(14.3)

(15.7)

(15.9)

(15.3)

i)

Direct

40

34,247

38,137

44,908

51,799

(1.3)

(10.8)

(11.2)

(11.3)

(10.8)

ii)

Indirect

122

11,049

15,434

18,174

21,708

(4.0)

(3.5)

(4.5)

(4.6)

(4.5)

II.

Small-scale industries

257

46,045

48,400

49,743

52,988

(8.5)

(14.6)

(14.2)

(12.5)

(11.1)

III.

Other priority sector advances

22

30,816

40,791

53,712

71,448

(0.7)

(9.7)

(12.0)

(13.5)

(15.0)

IV.

Total priority sector advances #

441

1,27,478

1,49,116

1,71,185

2,03,095

(14.6)

(40.3)

(43.7)

(43.1)

(42.5)

V.

Net Bank Credit

3,016

3,16,427

3,41,291

3,96,954

4,77,899

@ 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 group and venture capital.
Note : Figures in brackets represent percentages to net bank credit.