**Executive Summary**
This press release from the Reserve Bank of India, dated October 31, 2025, presents data on the sectoral deployment of bank credit for September 2025, collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs). The data, which covers about 95 percent of the total non-food credit by all SCBs, is detailed in Statements I and II. The highlights focus on year-on-year growth across different sectors.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Overall Non-Food Credit Growth:** Non-food bank credit grew by 10.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) as of September 19, 2025, compared to 13.0% during the corresponding period in 2024.
* **Sectoral Growth Highlights:**
* **Agriculture and Allied Activities:** Registered a y-o-y growth of 9.0% (16.4% in the previous year).
* **Industry:** Recorded a y-o-y growth of 7.3% (8.9% in the previous year). Credit to ‘Micro and Small' and 'Medium' industries continued double-digit growth. Specific industries, including 'all engineering', 'infrastructure', 'textiles', and 'vehicles, vehicle parts and transport equipment' showed buoyant y-o-y growth.
* **Services:** Registered a growth rate of 10.2% y-o-y (13.7% in the previous year). Credit to ‘non-banking financial companies' (NBFCs) decelerated, while segments such as ‘tourism, hotels and restaurants', 'computer software' and 'commercial real estate' witnessed robust growth.
* **Personal Loans:** Recorded a decelerated y-o-y growth of 11.7%, compared to 13.4% a year ago, largely due to moderation in ‘other personal loans', ‘vehicle loans' and 'credit card outstanding'.
**Impact Analysis**
**SCBs (Scheduled Commercial Banks)**
* **Impact:** Need to be aware of the shifts in sectoral credit deployment to inform lending strategies and risk management.
* **Action Required:** Review lending portfolios in light of the reported growth rates and deceleration in specific sectors and loan types.
**Businesses across various sectors (Agriculture, Industry, Services, Personal Loans)**
* **Impact:** The credit trends in their respective sectors can influence their access to financing and investment decisions.
* **Action Required:** Analyze credit availability and adjust business plans accordingly.
**NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Companies)**
* **Impact:** Observe deceleration in credit growth to NBFCs, this may affect funding availability and growth prospects.
* **Action Required:** Re-evaluate funding strategies and explore alternative sources of financing.
Key Entities Referenced
Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs): Banks from which the data on sectoral deployment of bank credit is collected.
Statements I and II: Documents containing the data on sectoral deployment of bank credit.
Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit: The subject of the press release, detailing the allocation of bank credit to various sectors of the economy.
Mumbai: Location of the Department of Communication, Central Office, Reserve Bank of India.
Reserve Bank of India: The publishing organization of the press release.
प्रेस प्रकाशनी PRESS RELEASE
भारतीय �रज़वर् बैंक
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
वेबसाइट : www.rbi.org.in/hindi संचार िवभाग, केंद्रीय कायार्लय, शहीद भगत िसंह मागर्, फोटर्, मुंबई - 400 001
Website : www.rbi.org.in Department of Communication, Central Office, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort,
ई-मेल/email : helpdoc@rbi.org.in Mumbai - 400 001 फोन/Phone: 022 - 2266 0502
October 31, 2025
Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit – September 2025
Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for the month1 of September 2025 collected
from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), accounting for about 95 per cent of the
total non-food credit by all SCBs, are set out in Statements I and II.
On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit2 grew3 by 10.2 per cent as on the
fortnight ended September 19, 2025, compared to 13.0 per cent during the corresponding
fortnight of the previous year (i.e., September 20, 2024).
Highlights of the sectoral deployment of bank credit3 as on the fortnight ended
September 19, 2025, are given below:
• Credit to agriculture and allied activities registered a y-o-y growth of 9.0 per cent (16.4
per cent in the corresponding fortnight of the previous year).
• Credit to industry recorded a y-o-y growth of 7.3 per cent, compared with 8.9 per cent
in the corresponding fortnight of last year. Credit to ‘Micro and Small’ and ‘Medium’
industries continued to grow in double-digits. Among major industries, outstanding
credit to ‘all engineering’, ‘infrastructure’, ‘textiles’, and ‘vehicles, vehicle parts and
transport equipment’ recorded buoyant y-o-y growth.
• Credit to services sector registered a growth rate of 10.2 per cent y-o-y (13.7 per cent
in the corresponding fortnight of the previous year). Growth in credit to ‘non-banking
financial companies’ (NBFCs) decelerated, though segments such as ‘tourism, hotels
and restaurants’, ‘computer software’ and ‘commercial real estate’ witnessed robust
growth.
• Credit to personal loans segment recorded a decelerated y-o-y growth of 11.7 per
cent, as compared with 13.4 per cent a year ago, largely due to moderation in growth
of ‘other personal loans’, ‘vehicle loans’ and ‘credit card outstanding’.
Ajit Prasad
Press Release: 2025-2026/1423 Deputy General Manager
(Communications)
1 Data pertain to the last reporting Friday of the month, based on sector-wise and industry-wise bank credit
(SIBC) return.
2 Non-food credit data are based on Section-42 return for the last reporting Friday of the month, which
covers all scheduled commercial banks (SCBs).
3 Data include the impact of the merger of a non-bank with a bank.