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18 (b). Outstanding Credit to Commercial Sector in India
Date : Oct 23, 2026
Source ₹ Crore Percentage Variation
At End-March As on September 30 At End-March As on September 30
2024 2025 2026 2024 2025 2026 P 2025 over 2024 2026 over 2025 2025 over 2024 2026 over 2025 P
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Non-Food Bank Credit 1,65,63,961 1,83,71,998 2,12,91,163 1,72,79,977 1,92,18,673 2,28,98,371 10.9 15.9 11.2 19.1
2. Non-Bank Sources (2.1+2.2) 77,57,256 88,86,393 1,01,76,703 80,92,351 93,98,766 1,06,76,529 14.6 14.5 16.1 13.6
2.1 Domestic Sources 56,59,037 66,37,411 75,28,812 59,24,203 70,47,084 78,78,899 17.3 13.4 19.0 11.8
2.1.1 Corporate Bond Issuances by Non-Financial Entities 18,25,514 20,23,310 23,45,423 18,45,798 22,09,652 24,15,850 10.8 15.9 19.7 9.3
2.1.2 Commercial Paper Issuances by Non-Financial Entities 1,09,528 1,28,347 1,36,295 1,61,868 2,01,387 2,64,556 17.2 6.2 24.4 31.4
2.1.3 Credit by Housing Finance Companies (Net of Bank Borrowings) 5,98,965 6,27,125 6,40,398 6,64,886 6,26,057 6,90,122 4.7 2.1 -5.8 10.2
2.1.4 Credit by RBI-regulated All India Financial Institutions 4,24,610 5,24,111 6,11,782 4,17,291 4,87,711 5,90,535 23.4 16.7 16.9 21.1
2.1.5 Credit by Non-Banking Financial Companies (Net of Bank Borrowings) 27,00,421 33,34,518 37,94,913 28,34,360 35,22,277 39,17,835 23.5 13.8 24.3 11.2
2.2 Foreign Sources 20,98,219 22,48,983 26,47,892 21,68,148 23,51,683 27,97,630 7.2 17.7 8.5 19.0
2.2.1 External Commercial Borrowings by Non-Financial Entities 10,72,181 11,34,552 12,85,224 10,87,563 11,95,496 13,69,850 5.8 13.3 9.9 14.6
2.2.2 Short-term Credit from Abroad 10,26,037 11,14,431 13,62,668 10,80,585 11,56,186 14,27,780 8.6 22.3 7.0 23.5
3. Total Credit (1+2) 2,43,21,217 2,72,58,391 3,14,67,867 2,53,72,328 2,86,17,439 3,35,74,900 12.1 15.4 12.8 17.3
P: Provisional.
The coverage of data for columns 4, 5 and 6 from Source No.:
2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.2.1 and 2.2.2: As at end-August.
2.1.5: As at end-June.
Notes: i) Non-food bank credit pertains to scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) and excludes credit extended by co-operative banks. Including credit extended by co-operative banks (viz., urban co-operative banks, state co-operative banks, and district central co-operative banks), non-food bank credit at end-March 2024 and 2025 stood at ₹1,76,18,552 crore and ₹1,95,07,975 crore, respectively. Accordingly, total outstanding credit at end-March 2024 and 2025 stood at ₹2,53,75,808 crore and ₹2,83,94,368 crore, respectively.
ii) Data on non-bank sources excludes issuances of equities and hybrid instruments under domestic sources and foreign direct investment in equities under foreign sources.
iii) Outstanding data for end-March 2024 and 2025 are based on SEBI’s new series of data on bonds issued by financial and non-financial corporations.
iv) Flows based on outstanding data may not tally with the flows provided in Table 18 (a) due to:
(a) Conversion of some Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) into Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs); and
(b) Valuation effect in case of foreign sources.
v) Data is exclusive of current and non-current trade payables representing domestic liabilities in case of non-financial non-government public and private limited companies as data are not available.
Sources: RBI; SEBI; AIFIs; and RBI staff estimates.

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