TABLE 3.7
Sectoral Deployment of Gross Bank Credit
Variations during1
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April-September April-September
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On the last reporting Friday 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1994-95 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97
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(Rs.crore) (Per cent)
I. Gross bank credit 40128 34712 7594 -3865 25.6 17.6 3.9 -1.7
1. Public food procurement 1368 -2484 331 -1355 12.5 -20.2 2.7 -13.8
2. Gross non-food credit 38760 37196 7263 -2510 26.6 20.1 3.9 -1.1
(a+b+c+d)
a) Priority sector (i+ii+iii) 10281 9230 2143 697 19.1 14.4 3.3 0.9
i) Agriculture 2775 3102 905 849 13.1 12.9 3.8 3.1
ii) Small scale industry 5021 4246 506 -1010 22.2 15.4 2.0 -3.2
iii) Other priority sectors 2485 1882 678 858 24.7 15.0 5.4 5.9
b) Medium and large industries 16807 18436 3952 -1626 29.0 24.7 5.3 -1.7
c) Wholesale trade (excluding
food procurement) 2419 2244 568 -1328 33.0 23.0 5.8 -11.1
d) Other sectors 9253 7286 600 -253 34.4 20.2 1.7 -0.6
II. Export credit 2 7965 4641 570 -4022 46.6 18.5 2.3 -13.5
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1 All figures after 1995-96 are provisional.
2 Also included in non-food credit.
Note : Data relate to 47 scheduled commercial banks which account for 90-95 per cent of the banks credit of all scheduled
commercial banks. Gross bank credit data included bills rediscounted with RBI,IDBI, Exim Bank and other approved
financial institutions.
From the database of Ministry of Finance disseminated on Internet through NICNET