



Mumbai, Sep 4: major development that has taken place over the last decade is the diversification of credit in India towards retail. The share of retail credit comprising housing loans, credit to individuals, credit cards receivables and lending for consumer durables, in total bank credit increased from 6.4% in 1990 to 22.3% in 2007. On the whole, agriculture, large corporates and retail sector benefited from credit expansion, while credit growth to the SME sector remained tepid until recently....
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