Non-food credit inches up 4.5% in April
2 July 2017 4:20 PM GMT
The first month of the new fiscal year failed to cheer banks with non-food credit growing at a moderate 4.5 per cent to Rs 68,48,900 crore in April from Rs 65,51,500 crore a year ago, pulled down by a 1.4 per cent contraction in industrial credit demand, shows RBI data.
In the same period last year, non-food credit had grown by 8.5 per cent. Personal loans in the month rose by 14.4 per cent to Rs 16,13,200 crore, lower than the increase of 19.7 per cent in April 2016.
Loans to agriculture and allied activities rose by 7.4 per cent in April 2017, lower than the 15.3 per cent growth in April 2016. Advances to the industry contracted by 1.4 per cent in April in contrast with an increase of 0.1 per cent in the same month last year.
Services sector saw an increase of 4.1 per cent in advances in April, lower than the increase of 10.9 per cent in April 2016, the RBI said.
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