Deposit accretion activity also moderated in FY20 to 7.9 per cent from 10 per cent in FY19, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data.
Bank advances growth in FY20 was the slowest since the fiscal ended March 1962, when loans had grown by 5.38 per cent
Bank credit growth declined to 8.5 per cent in January from 13.5 per cent in the year-ago period
Growth in advances to the services sector decelerated to 8.9 per cent from 23.9 per cent in January 2019
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Non-food bank credit growth decelerated to 7 per cent in December 2019 from 12.8 per cent in December 2018
Bankers said that with private investment practically coming to a halt, there was little demand for corporate credit.
According to ICRA, even in a high-growth scenario, wherein the second half of FY20 sees the incremental bank credit rise to Rs 6.5-7 trillion, there will still be a 40-45% year-on-year (YoY) decline
For the last three PSBs, the govt should run these under a public-private partnership model, said a senior banker.
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As per the report, in September, the jump in retail credit at Rs 51,900 crore was nearly double that of August, of which housing loans jumped by 2.6 times.
The recent changes in mutual funds regulations are likely to result in a decline in the volume of commercial paper outstanding by March 2020
In the first fortnight of the fiscal ending April 12, the credit demand grew 14.19 percent after closing the previous fiscal at 13.24 percent
Bank credit and deposits rose by 12.01 percent and 10.59 percent to Rs 96.57 lakh crore and Rs 126.491 lakh crore respectively for the fortnight to July 19, show the RBI data. In the year-ago fortnight, bank credit stood at Rs 86.09 lakh crore while deposits were at Rs 114.371 lakh crore. In the previous fortnight ending July 5, bank loans had grown by 12.02 percent to Rs 96.97 lakh crore and deposits by 10.32 percent to Rs 126.746 lakh crore. Non-food credit, on a year-on-year basis, increased 11.1 percent in June same as the year-ago period. Loans to agriculture & allied activities was up by 8.7 percent in June 2019 as compared with an increase of 6.5 percent in June 2018. Services sector advances decelerated to 13 percent in June from 23.3 percent in the same month of 2018. Personal loans increased by 16.6 percent in June down from an increase of 17.9 per cent in June 2018.
The healthier private sector lenders will account for up to 60 per cent of the incremental deposit mobilisation, domestic ratings agency Crisil said in a report
Over the last one year, much of the credit disbursed by banks flowed to the personal loan segment, industries and housing loans
Last year this time credit growth base was low owing to demonetisation
Combined advances by listed public, PSBs up 1.7% in FY17 as public sector lenders shrink loan book