CREDIT GROWTH OF BANKS AT 19.73 PER CENT FOR YEAR ENDED JULY 30

RBI said credit offtake from banks grew by 19.73 per cent during the one-year period ended July 30, up from 15.14 per cent a year-ago.

As of July 30, credit offtake from banks stood at Rs 34.55 lakh crore. As of June 31 last year, bank credit stood at Rs 28.86 lakh crore, the RBI said.

The RBI, in its annual monetary policy, estimated that credit would grow by 20 per cent this fiscal.

For the one-year period ended July 16 this year, credit growth stood at 21.26 per cent, beating the RBI estimate of 20 per cent. This happened primarily due to a sharp rise in credit growth due to large borrowings for 3G spectrum.

The government realised over Rs 1 lakh crore from sale of spectrum for high speed mobile and broadband services, far higher than the estimated revenue of Rs 35,000 crore in the Budget.

According to analysts, the demand for credit is good and the country can expect robust growth in the current fiscal.

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