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The Reserve Bank of India data showed that bank loans taken by large corporations grew 3.3% year-on-year in June, which is the highest growth since the outbreak of Covid-19. Same time last year, large corporate loans shrank by 3.4% as compared to what it was in the year back.

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Banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) have agreed to issue a no objection certificate (NOC) to RIL following which the Mukesh Ambani-promoted company will transfer the agreed amount to an escrow account. The NOC essentially is a no dues certificate for RITL, a procedure followed before the implementation of the resolution plan.

Besides market factors like rupee and liquidity conditions, there are some structural factors contributing to a slowdown in overseas borrowings. Lenders in the West have become very sensitive to ESG factors, especially environmental, which is also a challenge for sectors highly relevant to environmental concerns, like conventional energies.

In December last year the regulator had said that it will release a discussion paper on various charges levied by banks and institutions for all kinds of digital transactions through credit cards, debit cards, wallets and Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

This comes as the government looks to push its flagship schemes such as Mudra Yojana and Start Up and Stand Up India to generate employment through entrepreneurship. Banks are now expected to conduct open house interactions and share their feedback with the government.

As per the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India, credit growth continued its strong upward run with a 15.1% increase year-on-year, the fastest since April 2019, in the fortnight ended July 29. The bulk of the growth has been driven by retail loans - home loans and personal - while corporate demand is also showing signs of revival.

The country's largest lender reported a 14.93 per cent rise in advances to Rs 29,00,636 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2022 as compared to Rs 25,23,793 crore during the same period a year ago. Of this, retail loan registered a growth rate of 18.58 per cent while corporate advances improved by 10.57 per cent year-on-year at the end of June quarter.