Agriculture Reference
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TABLE 3.5
Comparison of gross bank credit (outstanding) in priority sectors
Total gross credit to priority sectors (US$ millions)
Food procurement credit as percentage of:
Small-scale
Wholesale
Small-scale
Wholesale
trade
a
Food credit
b
Period
Agriculture
industries
Agriculture
industries
trade
1979-81
4,365
3,895
2,446
2,396
57
63
98
1982-84
5,947
5,157
2,309
3,907
65
75
171
1985-87
8,312
7,287
2,564
3,402
43
49
136
1988-90
9,631
9,327
3,291
1,416
15
15
43
1991-93
6,898
7,054
2,375
2,529
37
36
107
1994-96
8,193
9,486
3,387
2,992
37
32
90
1997-99
9,682
11,806
3,586
4,428
45
37
123
2000-2002
12,053
12,126
4,098
10,036
83
83
244
SOURCE
: Authors' calculations based on data from RBI (2004, Table 42).
a
Excludes the credit disbursed for food procurement.
b
Total food procurement credit.
