32% of non-food credit towards priority sector in Dec

Around 32.0 per cent of the non-food credit (Rs 92.5 lakh crore) as of December 2020 is towards the priority sector.

Agriculture accounts for the highest share of 41 per cent in outstanding credit. Credit to agriculture has increased by 7.7 per cent in December 2020 as compared to December 2019.

In absolute terms the outstanding credit for MSME industries grew from Rs 4.7 lakh crore in December 2019 to Rs 4.9 lakh crore in December 2020.

Credit outstanding to housing in priority sectors has increased by 2.2 per cent in December 2020 as compared to December 2019, whereas it has increased 12 per cent in December 2019 on Y-O-Y basis.