Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has showed that banks credit rose by 6.13 percent to Rs 101.04 lakh crore, while deposits grew by 9 percent to Rs 133.31 lakh crore in the fortnight to February 28. In the similar fortnight last year, deposits were at Rs 122.30 lakh crore and advances stood at Rs 95.20 lakh crore.
In the previous fortnight ended on February 14, 2020, bank credit had grown by 6.36 percent to Rs 100.41 lakh crore, while deposits rose by 9.2 percent to Rs 132.35 lakh crore. In January 2020, bank credit growth declined to 8.5 percent as against a growth of 13.5 percent year-ago, led by a sharp slowdown in loans to the services sector.
Advances to the services sector decelerated sharply to 8.9 percent in January 2020 from 23.9 percent in January 2019. During the month, personal loans segment grew by 16.9 percent, unchanged from the year-ago period. Within personal loans, credit to housing segment grew by 17.5 percent from 18.4 percent, while education loan showed a negative growth of 3.1 percent as against a negative growth of 2.3 percent in January 2019. Loans growth to agriculture and allied activities contracted to 6.5 percent in January 2020 as compared with a rise of 7.6 percent last year. Credit growth to industry decelerated to 2.5 percent from 5.2 percent.
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