Bank credit offtake up 23.3%, deposits up over 16%: RBI

10 Mar 2011 Evaluate

Credit offtake from public and private sector banks in the country grew by over 23.3% for the one-year period ended February 25, indicating an upswing in the industrial activity. According to the RBI, for the one-year period ended February 25, credit offtake stood at Rs 39.26 lakh crore as against Rs 31.83 lakh crore a year ago. During the period, deposits rose to Rs 52.29 lakh crore from Rs 45.07 lakh crore. This is a rise of over 16% on an annual basis.

Several banks raised their deposit rates after the Second Quarter Review of 2010-11, which led to a larger deposit mobilization in December. Consequently, deposit growth increased to 16.5% by end-December 2010, close to the indicative projection of 17% for the current financial year.

However, annual non¬food credit growth has been above the Reserve Bank's indicative projection of 20% since early October 2010, rising to 24% by end-December 2010. The wide gap between credit growth and deposit growth resulted in a sharp increase in the incremental non-food credit-deposit ratio to 102% by end-December 2010, up from 58% in the corresponding period of previous year. During the past few months, credit offtake has grown at the rate of 20% on average. Credit offtake has been higher this fiscal on account of large borrowings by telecom firms to pay for 3G spectrum licences.

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