The advances stood at Rs 60,20,312 crore in the corresponding period of last year.
Deposits of the banks increased by 11.85 per cent to Rs 87,39,610 crore in the period under review as against Rs 78,13,536 crore in the year-ago period, the data showed.
In FY15, banks' credit grew at 12.6 per cent while deposit had grown by 12.8 per cent.
Demand deposit of the banks rose 9.84 per cent to Rs 7,87,998 crore in the reporting fortnight as against Rs 7,17,405 crore in the same period last year.
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