As many as 16 public sector banks and 10 private sector banks missed the target of their lending to priority sector in the year 2012-13, the Reserve Bank said. "As on March 31, 2013 domestic banks (both public and private) were below the target of priority sector lending. During this period, 16 of the 26 public sector banks, 10 of the 20 private sector banks and 2 of the 41 foreign banks could not achieve the target of overall public sector lending," RBI said in its Annual Report 2012-13.
The RBI report did not name the banks that missed the target of lending towards priority sector. Agriculture, micro and small enterprises (MSEs), education and housing are among the sectors under the priority lending. Domestic banks are required to tender 40% of their advances towards priority sector, while for foreign banks the limit is at 32% of their total advances.
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