Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India: 2018-19’ covering the activities of scheduled commercial banks (excluding regional rural banks). The state-wise distribution of consolidated balance sheet of rural co-operative banks are also covered.

For scheduled commercial banks, entity-wise information on major items of liabilities and assets; income and expenses; selected financial ratios; number of employees and details of priority sector advances (for Public sector banks) are provided. In addition, capital adequacy ratios (CRAR), non-performing assets (NPAs), exposure to sensitive sectors, contingent liabilities and unclaimed deposits are included.

Time series on all variables have been updated to 2018-19. The publication can be accessed on the RBI website through the link ‘Time Series Publications’ under the Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) (https://dbie.rbi.org.in).

(Yogesh Dayal)    
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2019-2020/1505