Credit Offtake

Arun Jaitley to meet heads of PSBs next week to review performance, credit growth, bad loan situation

Arun Jaitley's meeting will happen against the backdrop of the 'Alternative Mechanism' (AM) to merge three public sector banks Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank

Seven years after credit crisis: Banks return to retail consumers to sell loans to beat industrial slowdown

The current push is the boldest since before the 2008 financial crisis

Low credit demand an area of concern, says banking secretary

India beats China - by going on a borrowing binge

All this appetite for credit is good to the extent it spurs growth, but the downside of easy money is inflation.

Business sentiment reality check: Why Modi factor is not helping banks just yet

Even though the economic and business confidence indicators suggest a recovery in the economy, bank credit growth numbers do not reflect this optimism