Bank credit rises by 14.19%, deposits up by 10.60%: RBI

26 Apr 2019 Evaluate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data showed that bank credit rose by 14.19% to Rs 96.45 lakh crore, while deposits grew 10.60% to Rs 125.30 lakh crore in the first fortnight ended on April 12. In the year ago fortnight, deposits were at Rs 113.29 lakh crore and advances stood at Rs 84.46 lakh crore. For the fiscal ended March 2019, bank credit had risen by 13.24% and deposits grew by 10.03%. This was 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.

The data showed that on a year-on-year basis, 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 compared to 14.2% in the same month last year. Advances to agriculture and allied activities increased by 7.5% in February as 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. The RBI said personal loans rose 16.7% in February down from 20.4% in February 2018.

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