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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

02-December-2011 18:11 IST

As per the information published by Reserve Bank of India in the Financial Stability Report June 2011, incremental credit growth during the last few years was mainly propelled by credit growth in few sectors, viz., retail, commercial real estate and infrastructure. Credit growth to specific sector may pose concerns. According to the data published in the Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2010-11, during 2010-11, on a year-on-year basis, credit to infrastructure, real estate, retail and Non-Banking Financial Companies witnessed a growth of 38.6 per cent, 21.4 per cent, 19.5 per cent and 54.8 per cent, respectively as compared with the previous year’s growth of 40.7 per cent, -0.3 per cent, 4.9 per cent and 14.8 per cent, respectively.

Profitability of the banking sector witnessed an improvement in 2010-11 over the previous year. The return on assets improved to 1.10 per cent in 2010-11 from 1.05 per cent in the previous year. The asset quality of the banking sector also witnessed an improvement in 2010-11 as compared with the previous year.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to an Unstarred Question in Lok Sabha today.

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Credit concentration risk in retail, real estate and infrastructure as lending surges; bank profitability and asset quality showed improvement. Incremental credit growth has been driven mainly by lending to retail, commercial real estate and infrastructure, with official data for 2010-11 showing substantial year on year expansions in credit to infrastructure, real estate, retail and non banking financial companies compared with the prior year. Banking sector indicators improved in 2010-11, with a rise in return on assets and improvements in asset quality, despite concentrated lending patterns.