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15. Deployment of Gross Bank Credit by Major Sectors
Date : Apr 23, 2026
(₹ Crore)
Sector Outstanding as on Growth (%)
Mar. 21, 2025 2025 2026 Financial year so far Y-o-Y
Feb. 21 Jan. 31 Feb. 28 2025-26 2026
1 2 3 4 % %
I. Bank Credit (II + III) 18243972 18125413 20475382 20754078 13.8 14.5
II. Food Credit 36531 42552 89295 82643 126.2 94.2
III. Non-food Credit 18207441 18082860 20386087 20671435 13.5 14.3
1. Agriculture & Allied Activities 2287060 2264305 2509789 2543477 11.2 12.3
2. Industry (Micro and Small, Medium and Large) 3985660 3916783 4388308 4447192 11.6 13.5
2.1 Micro and Small 798473 791321 1031291 1031799 29.2 30.4
2.2 Medium 363245 355603 426211 430263 18.4 21.0
2.3 Large 2823942 2769858 2930806 2985130 5.7 7.8
3. Services 5093565 4995649 5722969 5807798 14.0 16.3
3.1 Transport Operators 261575 260651 267665 280409 7.2 7.6
3.2 Computer Software 32915 33063 40695 46183 40.3 39.7
3.3 Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants 83366 82298 97418 98895 18.6 20.2
3.4 Shipping 7304 7411 10373 10502 43.8 41.7
3.5 Aviation 46072 45982 49613 49830 8.2 8.4
3.6 Professional Services 195957 192799 209054 210543 7.4 9.2
3.7 Trade 1184550 1154669 1309115 1320670 11.5 14.4
3.7.1. Wholesale Trade1 646099 629036 723122 737574 14.2 17.3
3.7.2 Retail Trade 538451 525633 585993 583096 8.3 10.9
3.8 Commercial Real Estate 523264 516850 597880 606612 15.9 17.4
3.9 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)2 of which, 1635102 1610744 1905207 1947584 19.1 20.9
3.9.1 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) 323182 324611 353406 359226 11.2 10.7
3.9.2 Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) 228678 217593 305670 316124 38.2 45.3
3.10 Other Services3 1123459 1091183 1235949 1236570 10.1 13.3
4. Personal Loans 5971696 5898808 6723042 6796850 13.8 15.2
4.1 Consumer Durables 23201 24301 22360 21925 -5.5 -9.8
4.2 Housing 3010477 2978759 3278420 3305691 9.8 11.0
4.3 Advances against Fixed Deposits 141842 135169 154360 154183 8.7 14.1
4.4 Advances to Individuals against share & bonds 10080 9808 10264 10085 0.1 2.8
4.5 Credit Card Outstanding 284366 287047 296417 292067 2.7 1.7
4.6 Education 137456 136821 154899 155590 13.2 13.7
4.7 Vehicle Loans 622793 619797 720567 726037 16.6 17.1
4.8 Loan against gold jewellery4 206284 188051 400517 428578 107.8 127.9
4.9 Other Personal Loans 1535197 1519054 1685238 1702695 10.9 12.1
5. Priority Sector (Memo)            
(i) Agriculture & Allied Activities5 2287794 2257407 2565250 2600490 13.7 15.2
(ii) Micro & Small Enterprises6 2239409 2223184 2735314 2841889 26.9 27.8
(iii) Medium Enterprises7 601451 584615 682981 692153 15.1 18.4
(iv) Housing 746651 747503 1030805 1033416 38.4 38.2
(v) Education Loans 62826 62874 77853 77935 24.1 24.0
(vi) Renewable Energy 10325 8490 12243 13955 35.2 64.4
(vii) Social Infrastructure 1316 1233 1255 1221 -7.3 -1.0
(viii) Export Credit 11805 11954 10663 10270 -13.0 -14.1
(ix) Others 49552 51733 40417 41690 -15.9 -19.4
(x) Weaker Sections including net PSLC- SF/MF 1864606 1789945 2007819 2032409 9.0 13.5
Notes: (1) Data are provisional. Bank credit, Food credit and Non-food credit data are based on fortnightly 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. “Bank credit, Food credit and Non-food credit given for the period February 21, 2025 pertains to March 7, 2025.
(2) With effect from December 31, 2025, definition of last reporting fortnight has been changed to the last day of the month under the Banking Laws (Amendment) Act 2025. Accordingly, the y-o-y growth rates from December 2025 onwards are based on end-of-month data for the current year and data for the last reporting fortnight (as per old definition) for the corresponding month of the previous year.
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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