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Bank Credit Records 12% Growth at ₹178.22 Lakh Cr
The Free Press Journal - Indore
|May 01, 2025
Credit to industry, services up 8% & 13.4%, respectively
Bank credit recorded a growth of 12.1% at Rs 178.22 lakh crore as on the fortnight ended March 21, 2025 as compared to a 16.3% increase registered, a year ago, according to a sectoral deployment of bank credit data released by the RBI on Wednesday.
As at the end of March 22, 2024, banks had recorded outstanding credit of Rs 159.01 lakh crore.
This story is from the May 01, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Indore.
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