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15. Deployment of Gross Bank Credit by Major Sectors
Date : Dec 22, 2025
(₹ Crore)
Sector Outstanding as on Growth(%)
Mar. 21, 2025 2024 2025 Financial year so far Y-o-Y
Oct. 18 Sep. 19 Oct. 31 2025-26 2025
1 2 3 4 % %
I. Bank Credit (II + III) 18243972 17419532 18902934 19390500 6.3 11.3
II. Food Credit 36531 30055 45284 70371 92.6 134.1
III. Non-food Credit 18207441 17389477 18857649 19320128 6.1 11.1
1. Agriculture & Allied Activities 2287060 2205579 2361595 2402610 5.1 8.9
2. Industry (Micro and Small, Medium and Large) 3985660 3812250 4136178 4192700 5.2 10.0
2.1 Micro and Small 798473 757113 924702 953572 19.4 25.9
2.2 Medium 363245 338367 385991 398071 9.6 17.6
2.3 Large 2823942 2716770 2825485 2841057 0.6 4.6
3. Services 5093565 4729329 5144227 5345246 4.9 13.0
3.1 Transport Operators 261575 249128 270335 275525 5.3 10.6
3.2 Computer Software 32915 30581 37978 39584 20.3 29.4
3.3 Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants 83366 80012 88240 91529 9.8 14.4
3.4 Shipping 7304 7782 9585 9959 36.3 28.0
3.5 Aviation 46072 46200 46332 47560 3.2 2.9
3.6 Professional Services 195957 186260 195597 200511 2.3 7.7
3.7 Trade 1184550 1078651 1196397 1227077 3.6 13.8
3.7.1. Wholesale Trade¹ 646099 570094 638058 655867 1.5 15.0
3.7.2 Retail Trade 538451 508557 558339 571210 6.1 12.3
3.8 Commercial Real Estate 523264 499115 564592 569245 8.8 14.1
3.9 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)² of which, 1635102 1535999 1588698 1703567 4.2 10.9
3.9.1 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) 323182 321159 324982 332125 2.8 3.4
3.9.2 Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) 228678 198419 205393 247504 8.2 24.7
3.10 Other Services³ 1123459 1015601 1146472 1180689 5.1 16.3
4. Personal Loans 5971696 5664806 6273708 6455946 8.1 14.0
4.1 Consumer Durables 23201 23415 22110 23646 1.9 1.0
4.2 Housing 3010477 2871841 3132868 3187475 5.9 11.0
4.3 Advances against Fixed Deposits 141842 127906 143924 150287 6.0 17.5
4.4 Advances to Individuals against share & bonds 10080 9060 9835 10006 -0.7 10.4
4.5 Credit Card Outstanding 284366 281392 281823 303073 6.6 7.7
4.6 Education 137456 130308 147176 149442 8.7 14.7
4.7 Vehicle Loans 622793 601970 646242 677349 8.8 12.5
4.8 Loan against gold jewellery⁴ 206284 147724 315684 337580 63.6 128.5
4.9 Other Personal Loans 1535197 1471189 1574047 1617089 5.3 9.9
5. Priority Sector (Memo)            
(i) Agriculture & Allied Activities⁵ 2287794 2200716 2327799 2437756 6.6 10.8
(ii) Micro & Small Enterprises⁶ 2239409 2077001 2520121 2613611 16.7 25.8
(iii) Medium Enterprises⁷ 601451 557808 627019 649366 8.0 16.4
(iv) Housing 746651 752218 974644 997896 33.6 32.7
(v) Education Loans 62826 62673 70834 74071 17.9 18.2
(vi) Renewable Energy 10325 7122 14842 10836 5.0 52.1
(vii) Social Infrastructure 1316 1122 939 921 -30.0 -17.9
(viii) Export Credit 12479 12239 11755 11533 -7.6 -5.8
(ix) Others 49552 58049 43467 41409 -16.4 -28.7
(x) Weaker Sections including net PSLC- SF/MF 1864606 1788692 1873464 1946670 4.4 8.8
Notes: (1) Data are provisional. Bank credit, Food credit and Non-food credit data are based on Section-42 return, which covers all scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), while sectoral non-food credit data are based on sector-wise and industry-wise bank credit (SIBC) return, which covers select banks accounting for about 95 per cent of total non-food credit extended by all SCBs, pertaining to the last reporting Friday of the month. Bank credit, Food credit and Non-food credit given for the period October 18, 2024 pertains to November 1, 2024.
(2) Data since July 28, 2023 include the impact of the merger of a non-bank with a bank.
1 Wholesale trade includes food procurement credit outside the food credit consortium.
2 NBFCs include HFCs, PFIs, Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), NBFCs engaged in gold loan and others.
3 “Other Services” include Mutual Fund (MFs), Banking and Finance other than NBFCs and MFs, and other services which are not indicated elsewhere under services.
4 Since May 2024, a bank has changed the classification of a category of agricultural loan into “Loans against gold jewellery” under retail segment.
5 “Agriculture and Allied Activities” under the priority sector also include priority sector lending certificates (PSLCs).
6 “Micro and Small Enterprises” under the priority sector include credit to micro and small enterprises in industry and services sectors and also include PSLC.
7 “Medium Enterprises” under the priority sector include credit to medium enterprises in industry and services sectors.

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