(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.

Agriculture

2,746

9.7

3,257

9.5

4,239

9.1

II.

Small-scale industries

5,848

20.6

6,451

18.9

7,313

15.7

III.

Other priority sectors

3,020

10.6

4,447

13.0

6,467

13.9

Total (I+II+III)

11,614

40.9

14,155

41.4

18,019

38.7

Note: * Provisional.