(Amount in Rupees crore)

Year (end - March)

No. of SHGs linked

Bank loan

Refinance assistance

During the year

Cumulative

During the year

Cumulative

During the year

Cumulative

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1992-93

255

255

0.29

0.29

0.27

0.27

1993-94

365

620

0.36

0.65

0.19

0.46

1994-95

1502

2122

1.79

2.44

1.67

2.13

1995-96

2635

4757

3.62

6.06

3.53

5.66

1996-97

3841

8598

5.78

11.84

4.99

10.65

1997-98

5719

14317

11.92

23.76

10.74

21.39

1998-99

18678

32995

33.31

57.07

30.70

52.09

1999-00

81780

114775

135.91

192.98

98.04

150.13

2000-01

149050

263825

287.89

480.87

250.61

400.74

2001-02

197653

461478

545.47

1026.34

395.76

796.50

2002-03

255882

717360

1022.33

2048.67

622.30

1418.80

2003-04

361731

1079091

1855.53

3904.20

705.40

2124.20

2004-05

539365

1618456

2994.26

6898.46

967.80

3092.00

2005-06

620109

2238565

4499.00

13397.46

1067.70

4159.70

2006-07

1105749

-

6570.00

-

1292.86

5452.56

2007-08

1227770

-

8849.26

-

1615.50

7068.06

2008-09

1609586

-

12253.51

-

2620.03

9688.09

Note : 1. Data for 2008-09 are provisional.
2. Data relates to Commercial Banks, RRBsand Co-operative Banks.
3.  From 2006-07 onwards, data on number of SHGs financed by banks and bank loans are inclusive of 'Swarnajayanti
Gram Swarozgar Yojna' (SGSY) SHGs and exisiting groups receiving repeat loans. Owing to this change, NABARD
discontinued the publication of data on a cumulative basis from 2006-07.
Source :  NABARD.