Important
Indicators

September
1997

December
1997

March
1998

June
1998

September
1998

1

2

3

4

5

1.

No. of Commercial Banks

300

300

300

301

301

a)

All Scheduled
Commercial Banks

298

298

299

300

300

of which, RRBs

196

196

196

196

196

b)

Non-Scheduled
Commercial Banks

2

2

1

1

1

2.

No. of Bank Offices

63,939

64,116

64,267

64,547

64,647

a)

Rural

32,933

32,898

32,890

32,860

32,838

b)

Semi-Urban

13,758

13,825

13,876

13,967

14,024

c)

Urban

9,515

9,585

9,637

9,766

9,802

d)

Metropolitan

7,733

7,808

7,864

7,954

7,983

3.

(In thousand)

15

15

15

15

15

4.

Deposits of Scheduled
Commercial Banks
(Rs.Crore)

5,31,815

5,51,562

5,92,068

6,10,363

6,38,513

5.

Credit of Scheduled
Commercial Banks
(Rs.Crore)

2,85,747

3,05,884

3,28,637

3,32,437

3,42,813

6.

Credit Deposit Ratio

53.7

55.5

55.5

54.5

53.7