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‘1,000 firms borrow ₹1 tn less as loan growth at record low’

June 26, 2017 10:16 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - MUMBAI

A third of contraction in FY17 led by 10 firms: SBI Research

Credit growth was the lowest since 1951. Getty Images/iStock<

The record low bank credit growth of 5.1% in FY17 was led by the top 1,000 listed corporates which saw their net loan outstanding decline by a whopping ₹1 trillion in the reporting year, said a report.

One-third of this massive contraction was led by just 10 companies, which cumulatively availed of ₹33,571 crore less in the year over the previous period, according to the report by SBI Research.

According to SBI chief economic adviser Soumya Kanti Ghosh, who penned the report, this could either be perceived as lower debt utilisation levels or prepayment through internal accruals or through asset sale. Other reasons could be QIP or private equity participation.

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The RBI data showed that bank credit inched up by a tad 5.1% in the year to March 2017, which was the lowest since 1951 when it had grown by a paltry 1.8% which could be attributed to a rise in bond issuance and cheaper non-bank fund sources coupled with overall credit aversion in the economy as well as non-investment by the private sector in capacity expansion.

However, taken as a whole, as per cent annual results of about 3,000 listed entities for FY17, there was an 8% increase on a CAGR basis in loan funds outstanding over FY15.

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