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15. Deployment of Gross Bank Credit by Major Sectors
Date : Mar 23, 2026
(₹ Crore)
Sector Outstanding as on Growth (%)
Mar. 21, 2025 2025 2026 Financial year so far Y-o-Y
Jan. 24 Dec. 31 Jan. 31 2025-26 2026
1 2 3 4 % %
I. Bank Credit (II + III) 18243972 17868479 20322515 20475382 12.2 14.6
II. Food Credit 36531 56179 87972 89295 144.4 58.9
III. Non-food Credit 18207441 17812300 20234543 20386087 12.0 14.4
1. Agriculture & Allied Activities 2287060 2253510 2509200 2509789 9.7 11.4
2. Industry (Micro and Small, Medium and Large) 3985660 3913969 4390876 4388308 10.1 12.1
2.1 Micro and Small 798473 786046 1015020 1031291 29.2 31.2
2.2 Medium 363245 348614 422216 426211 17.3 22.3
2.3 Large 2823942 2779308 2953641 2930806 3.8 5.5
3. Services 5093565 4956419 5661328 5722969 12.4 15.5
3.1 Transport Operators 261575 256722 266820 267665 2.3 4.3
3.2 Computer Software 32915 33728 42275 40695 23.6 20.7
3.3 Tourism, Hotels & Restaurants 83366 81753 96721 97418 16.9 19.2
3.4 Shipping 7304 7180 10457 10373 42.0 44.5
3.5 Aviation 46072 44823 51012 49613 7.7 10.7
3.6 Professional Services 195957 190863 210380 209054 6.7 9.5
3.7 Trade 1184550 1127156 1300856 1309115 10.5 16.1
3.7.1. Wholesale Trade¹ 646099 608692 708148 723122 11.9 18.8
3.7.2 Retail Trade 538451 518465 592708 585993 8.8 13.0
3.8 Commercial Real Estate 523264 514506 590851 597880 14.3 16.2
3.9 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)² of which, 1635102 1617898 1865190 1905207 16.5 17.8
3.9.1 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) 323182 325682 352976 353406 9.4 8.5
3.9.2 Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) 228678 219866 291503 305670 33.7 39.0
3.10 Other Services³ 1123459 1081789 1226766 1235949 10.0 14.3
4. Personal Loans 5971696 5849356 6664044 6723042 12.6 14.9
4.1 Consumer Durables 23201 23300 22569 22360 -3.6 -4.0
4.2 Housing 3010477 2950974 3256397 3278420 8.9 11.1
4.3 Advances against Fixed Deposits 141842 136461 160036 154360 8.8 13.1
4.4 Advances to Individuals against share & bonds 10080 9766 10150 10264 1.8 5.1
4.5 Credit Card Outstanding 284366 292083 293898 296417 4.2 1.5
4.6 Education 137456 135865 152789 154899 12.7 14.0
4.7 Vehicle Loans 622793 615235 715647 720567 15.7 17.1
4.8 Loan against gold jewellery4 206284 175086 380206 400517 94.2 128.8
4.9 Other Personal Loans 1535197 1510586 1672353 1685238 9.8 11.6
5. Priority Sector (Memo)            
(i) Agriculture & Allied Activities5 2287794 2248829 2554979 2565250 12.1 14.1
(ii) Micro & Small Enterprises6 2239409 2191766 2755699 2735314 22.1 24.8
(iii) Medium Enterprises7 601451 574228 679528 682981 13.6 18.9
(iv) Housing 746651 747261 1028285 1030805 38.1 37.9
(v) Education Loans 62826 63056 77388 77853 23.9 23.5
(vi) Renewable Energy 10325 7559 11323 12243 18.6 62.0
(vii) Social Infrastructure 1316 983 1277 1255 -4.7 27.7
(viii) Export Credit 12479 12882 10749 10663 -14.6 -17.2
(ix) Others 49552 53143 42822 40417 -18.4 -23.9
(x) Weaker Sections including net PSLC- SF/MF 1864606 1793997 2001782 2007819 7.7 11.9
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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