The Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Krishanrao Karad has said that the asset base of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) has scaled past Rs 54 lakh crore as of March 2022, constituting almost a quarter of the balance sheet of the commercial banking sector.
Karad said NBFCs have become the major growth driver of the economy by playing a vital role in providing credit to small and medium enterprises. He said they have helped the MSME sector scale up its operations and create more jobs. They have also helped create higher credit growth than the commercial banking sector --NBFCs loans grew over 10 per cent last fiscal while for banks, it was just half of that. The main reason for their success is that they have customised products and become an innovation machine of the financial landscape.
The minister also credited digitisation and customer service for their success, which has seen their balance-sheet size more than double to 25 per cent of the balance sheet size of the banking sector as of March 2022 from just 12 per cent in fiscal 2010. NBFCs are investing in digital technology like artificial intelligence and big data. It will also bridge the financial gap in the coming years due to its low cost of operations, adding that NBFCs have become a strong alternative to the banking sector.
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