Bank credit grew 3.2 per cent to Rs 107.05 trillion in the first nine months of the current financial year, against a growth of 2.7 per cent registered in the corresponding period of 2019-20
Bank credit rose by Rs 1.57 trillion in the last fortnight of Q3FY21.
Industrial credit, however, contracted 1.7 per cent YoY and its share in total credit was nearly 30 per cent at the end of the quarter.
Bank credit grew by 5.67 per cent to Rs 104.04 trillion, while deposits increased by 10.63 per cent to Rs 143.80 trillion in the fortnight ended November 6, according to RBI data.
Growth in loans to agriculture and allied activities rose 4.9 per cent in the reporting month
The credit of commercial banks stood at Rs 97.68 trillion as on September 27, 2019
In the fortnight ended September 13, 2019, bank credit was at Rs 97.13 trillion and deposits at Rs 127.22 trillion
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Credit to the services sector continued to grow at a robust, albeit decelerated, rate at 10.7 per cent in June 2020 vis-a-vis 13 per cent in June 2019
Most banks believe that meaningful credit growth recovery is likely only after 18 months, while near-term uncertainty on asset quality remains, brokerages tracking the development said
Punjab National Bank on Monday said its overall credit growth is likely to be at around 4-6 per cent in the current fiscal year as it expects the economy to return to normalcy from October onwards.
Bankers said business conditions have been improving, but only incrementally. However, demand remains weak (for credit) and many people are repaying loans, some of of which are under moratorium
On an year-on-year (YoY) basis, non-food bank credit growth was at 6.7 per cent in June 2020
Bank credit growth (year-on-year) continued to decelerate across all population groups and stood at 6.3 per cent in March 2020.
In the fortnight ended June 21, 2019, bank credit had stood at Rs 96.48 trillion and deposits at Rs 124.92 trillion
In the fortnight ended June 7, 2019, bank loans had stood at Rs 96.51 trillion and deposits at Rs 125.40 trillion
Prior to the disruption caused by covid-19, bank credit was already slower than normal in FY20 due to subdued economic activity and risk averseness of the lenders
Banks had surplus liquidity of Rs 4.5 trn in the period
Loans sanctioned by public sector banks (PSBs) at the end of May 8 stood at Rs 5.95 trillion