Banks credit growth rises 13.24%, deposits up 10.03%

12 Apr 2019 Evaluate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest report has stated that banks closed fiscal 2018-19 (FY19) with robust disbursals. The data showed that bank credit rose 13.24% to Rs 97.67 lakh crore for the fortnight to March 29, while deposits grew by 10.03% to Rs 125.72 lakh crore during the same period. This is the second consecutive double-digits credit growth after the same had declined to 4.54% in FY17 at Rs 78.41 lakh crore, which was the lowest since 1963.

As per the data, non-food bank credit increased by 13.2% in February 2019 as compared with an increase of 9.8% in the year-ago period. Loans to the services sector almost doubled with a 23.7% growth in February 2019 compared to 14.2% in the same month last year. Advances to agriculture and allied activities increased by 7.5% in February 2019 compared to an increase of 9% in February 2018. Credit to the industry rose by 5.6% in February, up from an increase of 1% in February 2018. Credit to the infrastructure, chemical and chemical products, and all engineering sectors accelerated. However, credit growth to basic metal & metal products, textiles, and food processing decelerated/contracted. Personal loans rose 16.7% in February down from 20.4% in February 2018.

Besides, in the year-ago fortnight, deposits were at Rs 114.26 lakh crore and advances at Rs 86.25 lakh crore. In FY17, aggregate deposits in the banking system grew a mere 6.7 percent in 2017-18, while credit grew still lower at 4.54 percent, the lowest since fiscal 1963. Bank deposit growth fell to a five-decade low in year to March 2017 as demonetisation bonanza withered. In the previous fortnight to March 15, 2019 credit demand had grown by 14.46 per cent to Rs 95.53 lakh crore, while deposits increased by 10.03 per cent to Rs 122.26 lakh crore.

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