Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has showed that bank credit rose by 6.25 percent to Rs 102.23 lakh crore, while deposits grew by 10.64 percent to Rs 138.30 lakh crore in the fortnight ended May 22, 2020. In the fortnight ended May 24, 2019, deposits were at Rs 124.99 lakh crore and advances stood at Rs 96.21 lakh crore.
On a fortnightly basis, bank advances de-grew by 0.3 percent or Rs 28,683.47 crore to Rs 102.23 lakh crore in the reporting period from Rs 102.51 lakh crore as on fortnight ended May 24, 2020. Deposits' growth remained stable on a fortnight basis. In April, the outstanding incremental non-food credit growth contracted by 1.2 percent to Rs 91 lakh crore from Rs 92.12 lakh crore in March. On a year-on-year basis, non-food credit growth decelerated to 7.3 percent in April 2020 from 11.9 percent in the same month last year.
Loan growth to agriculture and allied activities decelerated to 3.9 percent in April 2020 as compared to 7.9 percent in April 2019. Growth in advances to the services sector decelerated to 11.2 percent, from 16.8 percent in April 2019. Personal loans growth decelerated to 12.1 percent in April 2020, compared with 15.7 percent in April 2019.
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