Loan growth remained robust across the system, with private banks reporting year-on-year growth of about 11% and state-owned banks posting over 12% growth. NBFCs also continued to see healthy expansion in assets under management, the report said.
The report flags sluggish household deposit accretion and muted growth in low-cost deposits as the key structural challenges for banks in the current cycle. While deposits have broadly grown in double digits, momentum has failed to keep pace with credit growth.
During deliberations on the deposit mobilisation, the Union Finance Minister stated that while the credit growth has picked up, mobilisation of deposits could further be improved to fund the credit growth sustainably