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Credit, deposit growth manage to remain in double-digits

Bank credit and deposits grew in the fortnight to July 5.

Credit, deposit growth manage to remain in double-digits
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Published : Jul 18, 2019, 7:46 PM IST

Mumbai: Bank credit and deposits grew 12.02 per cent and 10.32 per cent to Rs 96.975 trillion and Rs 126.746 trillion, respectively in the fortnight to July 5, according to the latest RBI data.

In the year-ago fortnight, bank credit was at Rs 86.566 trillion, while deposits were at Rs 114.883 trillion.

In the previous fortnight to June 21, bank loans had risen 12 per cent to Rs 96.485 trillion and deposits 10.02 per cent to Rs 124.905 trillion.

On a year-on-year basis as of May, non-food credit increased 11.4 per cent from 11.1 per cent.

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Personal loan growth slowed to 16.9 per cent in May from 18.6 per cent in the year-ago period.

Credit growth to the services sector also lost steam and grew at a much slower pace of 14.8 per cent in May down from a high 21.9 per cent in the same month last year.

Loans to agriculture & allied activities increased by 7.8 per cent compared to an increase of 6.4 per cent. Credit to the industry rose at much faster clip of 6.4 per cent in May as against an increase of a paltry 1.4 per cent in May 2018.

Mumbai: Bank credit and deposits grew 12.02 per cent and 10.32 per cent to Rs 96.975 trillion and Rs 126.746 trillion, respectively in the fortnight to July 5, according to the latest RBI data.

In the year-ago fortnight, bank credit was at Rs 86.566 trillion, while deposits were at Rs 114.883 trillion.

In the previous fortnight to June 21, bank loans had risen 12 per cent to Rs 96.485 trillion and deposits 10.02 per cent to Rs 124.905 trillion.

On a year-on-year basis as of May, non-food credit increased 11.4 per cent from 11.1 per cent.

Read more:Chief Ministers' panel on agriculture favours linking grants with reforms

Personal loan growth slowed to 16.9 per cent in May from 18.6 per cent in the year-ago period.

Credit growth to the services sector also lost steam and grew at a much slower pace of 14.8 per cent in May down from a high 21.9 per cent in the same month last year.

Loans to agriculture & allied activities increased by 7.8 per cent compared to an increase of 6.4 per cent. Credit to the industry rose at much faster clip of 6.4 per cent in May as against an increase of a paltry 1.4 per cent in May 2018.

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Amit Shah to head ministerial panel on Air India sale
         New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Home Minister Amit Shah will head a reconstituted group of ministers (GoM) on Air India disinvestment and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has been dropped from the panel, sources said.
         The panel, which is to work out modalities for sale of Air India, will now have four ministers - Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
         When the panel, named Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM), was first constituted in June 2017, it had five members and was headed by the then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
          The other four were the then Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
         According to the sources, the GoM was reconstituted after the Modi-2.0 government came to power and Gadkari is no longer part of the panel.
         "The AISAM has been reconstituted. It is now a four- member panel, against five members earlier," a source told PTI.
         In its first term, the Modi government invited bids from investors in 2018 to buy out the government's 76 per cent stake in Air India, along with management control. However, the process failed as investors did not put in their bids.
          Following that, transaction advisor EY prepared a report citing probable reasons that led to failure of the sale process.
         The reasons cited include the government retaining 24 per cent stake and corresponding rights, high debt, volatile crude oil prices, fluctuations in exchange rate, changes in macro environment and restriction on bidding by individuals.
         The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has already prepared a fresh proposal for Air India sale, incorporating issues like crude oil prices and exchange rate volatility, and other issues flagged by EY last year.
         The government, the sources said, could this time around sell its entire 100 per cent stake in Air India as it aims to conclude the sale process by December 2019.
          However, a final call on the quantum of stake to be offered to investors and the right time for floating the expression of interest would be decided by the newly constituted AISAM, a source said.
          The AISAM would be meeting soon, most probably after the conclusion of the ongoing Parliament session on July 26.
         The government in Budget for 2019-20 has set a record high disinvestment target of Rs 1.05 lakh crore, up from Rs 85,000 crore raised last fiscal. PTI JD
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