Priory sector includes those activities, which assumed national significance and were assigned priority for development. It primarily comprises all those sectors of the society which are crucial for the development of the nation but were hitherto neglected sectors by banking institutions. Priority sector is classified into three categories such as primary, secondary and tertiary. The former constitutes agriculture and allied activities e.g. dairy, poultry farming, goat rearing and pisciculture etc. and the middle one includes small scale, ancillary, cottage, tiny and small scale services and business enterprises. The latter covers small road and water transport operations, professionals and self- employed, retail trade, small business, education and women entrepreneur. The aspects covered in this study are Commercial banks’ Advances to Priority Sector, bank category -wise Priority Sector Advances, Commercial banks Advances’ to Differential rate of Interest Scheme, Weaker Section Advances, Advances to Small Scale Industries and Recovery Performance of Commercial banks.rn