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15. Deployment of Gross Bank Credit by Major Sectors
Date : Jan 21, 2026
(₹ Crore)
Sector Outstanding as on Growth(%)
Mar. 21, 2025 2024 2025 Financial year so far Y-o-Y
Nov. 29 Oct. 31 Nov. 28 2025-26 2025
1 2 3 4 % %
I. Bank Credit (II + III) 18243972 17508956 19390500 19527313 7.0 11.5
II. Food Credit 36531 51254 70371 79801 118.4 55.7
III. Non-food Credit 18207441 17457702 19320128 19447512 6.8 11.4
1. Agriculture & Allied Activities 2287060 2223467 2402610 2417050 5.7 8.7
2. Industry (Micro and Small, Medium and Large) 3985660 3851152 4192700 4219433 5.9 9.6
2.1 Micro and Small 798473 764478 953572 952302 19.3 24.6
2.2 Medium 363245 343083 398071 397098 9.3 15.7
2.3 Large 2823942 2743591 2841057 2870032 1.6 4.6
3. Services 5093565 4798402 5345246 5359639 5.2 11.7
3.1 Transport Operators 261575 252373 275525 276292 5.6 9.5
3.2 Computer Software 32915 31348 39584 40914 24.3 30.5
3.3 Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants 83366 79365 91529 92182 10.6 16.1
3.4 Shipping 7304 7521 9959 10675 46.1 41.9
3.5 Aviation 46072 46466 47560 48649 5.6 4.7
3.6 Professional Services 195957 184915 200511 202814 3.5 9.7
3.7 Trade 1184550 1078093 1227077 1230778 3.9 14.2
3.7.1. Wholesale Trade1 646099 564823 655867 657179 1.7 16.4
3.7.2 Retail Trade 538451 513270 571210 573600 6.5 11.8
3.8 Commercial Real Estate 523264 506471 569245 570144 9.0 12.6
3.9 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)2 of which, 1635102 1574648 1703567 1723493 5.4 9.5
3.9.1 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) 323182 322287 332125 346320 7.2 7.5
3.9.2 Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) 228678 196793 247504 253237 10.7 28.7
3.10 Other Services3 1123459 1037202 1180689 1163697 3.6 12.2
4. Personal Loans 5971696 5752281 6455946 6486418 8.6 12.8
4.1 Consumer Durables 23201 24482 23646 23028 -0.7 -5.9
4.2 Housing 3010477 2908672 3187475 3195341 6.1 9.9
4.3 Advances against Fixed Deposits 141842 131645 150287 147076 3.7 11.7
4.4 Advances to Individuals against share & bonds 10080 8274 10006 9752 -3.2 17.9
4.5 Credit Card Outstanding 284366 288997 303073 296070 4.1 2.4
4.6 Education 137456 131628 149442 149800 9.0 13.8
4.7 Vehicle Loans 622793 605581 677349 680536 9.3 12.4
4.8 Loan against gold jewellery4 206284 159153 337580 358645 73.9 125.3
4.9 Other Personal Loans 1535197 1493848 1617089 1626170 5.9 8.9
5. Priority Sector (Memo)            
(i) Agriculture & Allied Activities5 2287794 2210312 2437756 2433930 6.4 10.1
(ii) Micro & Small Enterprises6 2239409 2092196 2613611 2588509 15.6 23.7
(iii) Medium Enterprises7 601451 556186 649366 648766 7.9 16.6
(iv) Housing 746651 752576 997896 992100 32.9 31.8
(v) Education Loans 62826 62645 74071 74051 17.9 18.2
(vi) Renewable Energy 10325 7458 10836 11555 11.9 54.9
(vii) Social Infrastructure 1316 1095 921 1060 -19.5 -3.2
(viii) Export Credit 12479 12802 11533 11052 -11.4 -13.7
(ix) Others 49552 54686 41409 41797 -15.7 -23.6
(x) Weaker Sections including net PSLC- SF/MF 1864606 1734996 1946670 1944735 4.3 12.1
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.
(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 PSLCs.
7 “Medium Enterprises” under the priority sector include credit to medium enterprises in industry and services sectors.

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