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15. Deployment of Gross Bank Credit by Major Sectors
Date : Oct 20, 2025
(₹ Crore)
Sector Outstanding as on Growth(%)
Mar. 21, 2025 2024 2025 Financial year so far Y-o-Y
Aug. 23 Jul. 25 Aug. 22 2025-26 2025
1 2 3 4 % %
I. Bank Credit (II + III) 18243936 16945162 18501872 18644997 2.2 10.0
II. Food Credit 36531 24361 56674 50456 38.1 107.1
III. Non-food Credit 18207404 16920802 18445197 18594541 2.1 9.9
1. Agriculture & Allied Activities 2287061 2160634 2313845 2324719 1.6 7.6
2. Industry (Micro and Small, Medium and Large) 3935857 3756194 3947778 4002072 1.7 6.5
2.1 Micro and Small 790430 743704 883101 898780 13.7 20.9
2.2 Medium 360475 324746 363994 367293 1.9 13.1
2.3 Large 2784953 2687743 2700683 2735998 -1.8 1.8
3. Services 5161542 4643586 5113966 5137774 -0.5 10.6
3.1 Transport Operators 258409 243486 265924 266868 3.3 9.6
3.2 Computer Software 32915 27990 36579 37829 14.9 35.2
3.3 Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants 83091 80570 85458 85840 3.3 6.5
3.4 Shipping 7305 7257 8727 8923 22.1 23.0
3.5 Aviation 46026 44837 45213 45857 -0.4 2.3
3.6 Professional Services 195956 173738 194935 197147 0.6 13.5
3.7 Trade 1187030 1052621 1179121 1183548 -0.3 12.4
3.7.1. Wholesale Trade¹ 648619 553316 637065 635841 -2.0 14.9
3.7.2 Retail Trade 538410 499305 542056 547706 1.7 9.7
3.8 Commercial Real Estate 532757 494809 560514 560651 5.2 13.3
3.9 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)² of which, 1635737 1522204 1568925 1574362 -3.8 3.4
3.9.1 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) 323146 322093 315767 318570 -1.4 -1.1
3.9.2 Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) 228678 196565 198406 199719 -12.7 1.6
3.10 Other Services³ 1182316 996074 1168570 1176749 -0.5 18.1
4. Personal Loans 5953521 5555484 6161047 6213373 4.4 11.8
4.1 Consumer Durables 23402 24396 23114 22921 -2.1 -6.0
4.2 Housing 3010477 2833166 3081152 3108791 3.3 9.7
4.3 Advances against Fixed Deposits 141101 121817 140433 142074 0.7 16.6
4.4 Advances to Individuals against share & bonds 10080 9722 9730 9807 -2.7 0.9
4.5 Credit Card Outstanding 284366 276576 291088 288691 1.5 4.4
4.6 Education 137456 126148 141537 144539 5.2 14.6
4.7 Vehicle Loans 622794 595758 643654 647829 4.0 8.7
4.8 Loan against gold jewellery⁴ 208735 140391 294166 305814 46.5 117.8
4.9 Other Personal Loans 1515112 1427510 1536172 1542907 1.8 8.1
5. Priority Sector (Memo)            
(i) Agriculture & Allied Activities⁵ 2287794 2152535 2288548 2310308 1.0 7.3
(ii) Micro & Small Enterprises⁶ 2239409 2027278 2489085 2510253 12.1 23.8
(iii) Medium Enterprises⁷ 601451 529582 596343 604659 0.5 14.2
(iv) Housing 746651 749534 940427 945763 26.7 26.2
(v) Education Loans 62825 61988 68839 70067 11.5 13.0
(vi) Renewable Energy 10325 6844 12160 13235 28.2 93.4
(vii) Social Infrastructure 1316 1072 943 936 -28.9 -12.7
(viii) Export Credit 12479 11618 12875 12529 0.4 7.8
(ix) Others 49552 60587 44331 44088 -11.0 -27.2
(x) Weaker Sections including net PSLC- SF/MF 1820904 1692726 1842667 1861780 2.2 10.0
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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