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Scheduled commercial banks' advances to agriculture by kind, each year from 1971 to 2020 (discontinued), base RBI DBIE report 474

7 series, annual, 1971 to 2020. Published by Reserve Bank of India (via DBIE).

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What the file holds

Scheduled commercial banks' advances to agriculture by kind, each year from 1971 to 2020 (discontinued).

RBI DBIE report 474 (data provider DP0), read from the local Data Bank mirror, as published. One display unit kept (ACTUALS). Amounts in ₹ crore.

Revisions: Section 42 figures are provisional, then final; sectoral credit is provisional and revised the next month; NPAs and capital ratios are final on release. Seams disclosed, never joined: the 2019 sectoral classification, the July 2023 HDFC merger, the December 2025 reporting calendar.

Missing values are left empty, never zero. Every series with its latest value and trend, in the guide to bank credit and money.

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The series

SeriesPublished valuesValues
Distribution of Fertilisers and Other Inputs1971 to 200737
Loans to Electricity Boards1971 to 200737
Loans to Farmers through PACS/FSS/ LAMPS1972 to 201241
Other type of Indirect Finance1971 to 201242
Total Direct and Indirect Finance1971 to 202050
Total Direct Finance1971 to 201343
Total Indirect Finance1971 to 201343
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Cite this data

Reserve Bank of India (via DBIE), compiled by Measure of India, “Scheduled commercial banks' advances to agriculture by kind, each year from 1971 to 2020 (discontinued), base RBI DBIE report 474”, vintage 9 October 2026. measure.thisindianlife.today/data/credit-deep-agri-scb/

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