Bank loans to the services sector have surpassed those to the industrial segment for the first time, establishing that the former will be contributing more for incremental growth and that the latter is still not biting the bullet when it comes to capacity expansion.
Data available till November 18, 2022, show the outstanding loans to the services sector at ₹33.15 lakh crore, up 21.3% in one year. Outstanding loans to the industrial sector rose 13.8% in the same period to ₹32.94 lakh crore.