New Delhi, May 30 -- Non-food bank credit growth accelerated to 15.8 per cent year-on-year in the fortnight ended April 30, 2026, compared with 9.8 per cent in the corresponding fortnight of the previous year, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.

The data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for April 2026, collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) accounting for about 95 per cent of total non-food credit by all SCBs, showed broad-based growth across key segments.

Credit to agriculture and allied activities registered a year-on-year growth of 13.7 per cent as on the fortnight ended April 30, 2026, against 9.2 per cent in the corresponding fortnight last year, the RBI said.

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