New Delhi, March 30 -- Non-food bank credit grew by 14.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the fortnight ended February 28, 2026, up from 11.1 per cent in the corresponding period last year, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday.

The RBI said the data is based on information collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks, which account for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit extended by all such banks.

"On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit grew by 14.3 per cent as on the fortnight ended February 28, 2026, compared to 11.1 per cent during the corresponding fortnight of the previous year," the central bank said in a press release.

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