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15. Deployment of Gross Bank Credit by Major Sectors
Date : Oct 23, 2026
(₹ Crore)
Sector Outstanding as on Growth (%)
Mar. 31, 2026 2025 2026 Financial year so far Y-o-Y
Aug. 22 Jul. 31 Aug. 31 2026-27 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6
I. Bank Credit (II + III) 21361435 18800686 22078095 22387567 4.8 19.1
II. Food Credit 70271 45580 117830 112042 59.4 145.8
III. Non-food Credit 21291163 18755105 21960264 22275525 4.6 18.8
1. Agriculture & Allied Activities 2644250 2324721 2706652 2725109 3.1 17.2
2. Industry (Micro and Small, Medium and Large) 4584304 4055965 4800777 4795352 4.6 18.2
2.1 Micro and Small 1059417 907103 1092368 1115359 5.3 23.0
2.2 Medium 442585 370850 479636 488702 10.4 31.8
2.3 Large 3082303 2778012 3228774 3191291 3.5 14.9
3. Services 6061400 5064686 6196921 6297792 3.9 24.3
3.1 Transport Operators 286807 269997 290424 293295 2.3 8.6
3.2 Computer Software 45738 37829 52415 53660 17.3 41.8
3.3 Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants 102559 86099 108943 110488 7.7 28.3
3.4 Shipping 10384 8923 10986 11203 7.9 25.6
3.5 Aviation 52688 45892 56012 60606 15.0 32.1
3.6 Professional Services 218324 197147 223520 227714 4.3 15.5
3.7 Trade 1376531 1180585 1408848 1417710 3.0 20.1
3.7.1. Wholesale Trade1 775808 632862 796239 798621 2.9 26.2
3.7.2 Retail Trade 600723 547723 612609 619088 3.1 13.0
3.8 Commercial Real Estate 627117 550863 669260 674841 7.6 22.5
3.9 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)2 of which, 2069732 1573845 2127531 2163602 4.5 37.5
3.9.1 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) 373339 318587 382151 382111 2.3 19.9
3.9.2 Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) 348766 199719 356044 366909 5.2 83.7
3.10 Other Services3 1271520 1113507 1248982 1284672 1.0 15.4
4. Personal Loans 6939750 6232566 7183335 7287218 5.0 16.9
4.1 Consumer Durables 21962 22748 23027 23295 6.1 2.4
4.2 Housing 3355963 3108790 3428453 3454820 2.9 11.1
4.3 Advances against Fixed Deposits 169107 142689 161519 204273 20.8 43.2
4.4 Advances to Individuals against share & bonds 10546 9807 10565 11050 4.8 12.7
4.5 Credit Card Outstanding 294461 288691 297756 299201 1.6 3.6
4.6 Education 155824 144539 160947 163555 5.0 13.2
4.7 Vehicle Loans 738678 647828 764554 775704 5.0 19.7
4.8 Loan against gold jewellery4 461373 305342 552261 559468 21.3 83.2
4.9 Other Personal Loans 1731838 1562132 1784253 1795851 3.7 15.0
5. Priority Sector (Memo)            
(i) Agriculture & Allied Activities5 2652747 2310311 2732431 2759443 4.0 19.4
(ii) Micro & Small Enterprises6 2896912 2510254 3087892 3161614 9.1 25.9
(iii) Medium Enterprises7 709163 604659 770456 792134 11.7 31.0
(iv) Housing 1043836 945763 1040211 1036071 -0.7 9.5
(v) Education Loans 77289 70067 80338 81212 5.1 15.9
(vi) Renewable Energy 13011 13235 16014 16671 28.1 26.0
(vii) Social Infrastructure 1486 936 1289 1324 -10.9 41.4
(viii) Export Credit 11436 12529 11738 11309 -1.1 -9.7
(ix) Others 44820 44089 43836 42613 -4.9 -3.3
(x) Weaker Sections including net PSLC- SF/MF 2071083 1861780 2122428 2135994 3.1 14.7
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.
(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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