(Rupees crore)

Year

Primary Agricultural Credit

State Co-op. Agricultural and

Primary Co-op. Agricultural and

(End-

Societies

Rural Development Banks

Rural Development Banks

March)

Advanced

Amount

Advanced

Amount

Advanced

Amount

No. of

Amount

Outstanding

No. of

Amount

Outstanding

No. of

Amount

Outstanding

borrowers#

borrowers#

borrowers#

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1977-78 *

16

1,273

1,798

..

..

..

..

238

1,276

1978-79 *

19

1,458

2,049

..

..

..

..

241

1,334

1979-80 *

20

1,629

2,374

..

..

..

1

319

1,476

1980-81 *

20

1,769

2,621

..

..

..

1

362

1,609

1981-82 *

21

2,134

2,951

..

..

..

..

373

1,716

1982-83 *

20

2,439

3,201

..

..

..

1

425

1,934

1983-84 *

20

2,632

3,522

..

..

..

1

410

1,755

1984-85 *

19

2,915

3,904

..

..

..

1

504

1,862

1985-86 *

19

3,111

4,263

..

..

..

1

595

2,685

1986-87 *

18

3,304

4,732

..

203

301

1

354

1,657

1987-88 *

20

3,688

5,242

..

190

8

1

356

1,574

1988-89 *

21

4,364

5,949

..

275

626

1

422

1,978

1989-90 *

18

4,513

6,284

..

421

1,406

..

351

1,925

1990-91 *

17

4,311

6,486

..

384

1,348

..

376

2,014

1991-92 *

19

5,575

8,177

..

300

30

..

444

2,143

1992-93

24

6,223

10,245

..

415

1,906

..

542

2,480

1993-94

14

7,158

9,399

..

469

2,091

..

612

2,701

1994-95

17

8,312

9,996

..

566

2,500

..

651

2,709

1995-96

24

10,552

12,980

..

1,798

6,857

..

1,219

4,098

1996-97

..

11,292

13,345

..

2,151

8,016

..

1,455

4,936

1997-98

..

12,137

13,994

..

2,295

9,182

..

1,593

5,840

1998-99

..

12,743

14,894

..

2,437

10,442

..

1,692

6,819

1999-00

..

13,592

15,607

..

2,524

11,669

..

1,646

7,273

# Number of borrowers in million.

* Data relate to end-June.

.. Data not available.

Source: National Bank for Agriculature and Rural Development.