Banks credit rises by 7.57%, deposits up by 9.77%: RBI

17 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has showed that banks credit rose by 7.57 percent to Rs 100.44 lakh crore, while deposits grew by 9.77 percent to Rs 132.10 lakh crore in the fortnight to January 2. In the similar fortnight last year, deposits were at Rs 120.33 lakh crore and advances stood at Rs 93.37 lakh crore.

In the previous fortnight ended December 20, 2019, credit had increased by 7.10 per cent to Rs 99.47 lakh crore and deposits grew by 10.09 percent to Rs 130.08 lakh crore. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, banks' credit growth slowed to 7.2 percent to Rs 86.73 lakh crore in November 2019 from 13.8 percent to Rs 80.93 lakh crore in the year-ago period. 

For the industry, loan growth fell to 2.4 percent at Rs 27.72 lakh crore in November from 4 percent in the corresponding month of 2018. Loans to agriculture and allied activities slowed to 6.5 percent in November 2019 from 7.7 percent in November 2018. Advances to the services sector decelerated sharply to 4.8 percent from 28.1 percent last year. Personal loans grew at a marginally lower rate of 16.4 percent in November 2019 as compared with 17.2 percent in November 2018.

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