Bank credit grows 6.25 pc, deposits rise 10.64 pc: RBI
In the fortnight ended May 24, 2019, bank loans had stood at Rs 96.21 lakh crore and deposits at Rs 124.99 lakh crore, the RBI data showed.
On a fortnightly basis, bank advances de-grew by 0.3 per cent 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 per cent to Rs 91 lakh crore from Rs 92.12 lakh crore in March, the RBI data had showed.
On a year-on-year basis, non-food credit growth decelerated to 7.3 per cent in April 2020 from 11.9 per cent in the same month last year, the data showed.
Loan growth to agriculture and allied activities decelerated to 3.9 per cent in April 2020, against 7.9 per cent in April 2019.
Growth in advances to the services sector decelerated to 11.2 per cent, from 16.8 per cent in April 2019.
Personal loans growth decelerated to 12.1 per cent in April 2020, compared with 15.7 per cent in April 2019. HV HRS