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Credit growth will take at least two-three quarters to see a revival, while borrowing cost is not going to come down any time soon, said ex-SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya in an exclusive interview to Zee Business. 
She also said that the bank recapitalisation amount announced last week is adequate. 
On Budget 2018, Bhattacharya said that FM Arun Jaitley must focus on the rural economy and also boost the affordable housing. 
Here are the key points from the interview:
1) Credit growth
Credit growth in retail segment is going fine, but is lower in investment segment. Investment growth is not picking up because capacity utilisation is running lower. Barring big airports like Mumbai and Delhi, where capacity utilisation has reached above 85 per cent, it is just around 75 per cent to 80 per cent in core industries such as cement and steel. 
2) Bank recapitalisation
The governmet has fixed the bank recapitalisation amount only after taking into account the financials and NPA situation of the various banks. According to me, this figure is adequate. We should also remeber, this is just a first tranche of money just to put the weaker banks on track. The government will come up with more as and when needed. 
<blockquote data-lang="en">सरकार से बैंक रीकैपिटलाइजेशन के तहत मिली पूंजी पर्याप्त, Arundhati bhattacharya Former Chief SBI <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOfficialSBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheOfficialSBI</a> <a href="https://t.co/bIjWqKC5Ft">pic.twitter.com/bIjWqKC5Ft</a>
— Zee Business (@ZeeBusiness) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZeeBusiness/status/957877742573297664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>3) Rural economy
The government must focus on the rural economy in Budget 2018 because demand will trigger from the bottom. 
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4) Affordable housing
Affordobale housing is something that will help all the sections of the economy, from labour, consutruction, to steel, cement, alumunium and tiles etc. This is good for consumers, industry and economy altogether.
5) MCLR
The marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR)  refers to the minimum interest rate of a bank below which it cannot lend, except in some cases allowed by the RBI. 
MCLR has been on the rise because inflation is also on a rising trajectory on account of higher petrol and diesel prices. This is why deposit rates need to be revised higher too. That said, borrowing rates will also increase. I see no reason for lending rates to come down in near future.

Credit growth will take at least two-three quarters to see a revival, while borrowing cost is not going to come down any time soon, said ex-SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya in an exclusive interview to Zee Business. She also said that the bank recapitalisation amount announced last week is adequate. On Budget 2018, Bhattacharya said that FM Arun Jaitley must focus on the rural economy and also boost the affordable housing. Here are the key points from the interview:1) Credit growthCredit growth in retail segment is going fine, but is lower in investment segment. Investment growth is not picking up because capacity utilisation is running lower. Barring big airports like Mumbai and Delhi, where capacity utilisation has reached above 85 per cent, it is just around 75 per cent to 80 per cent in core industries such as cement and steel. 2) Bank recapitalisationThe governmet has fixed the bank recapitalisation amount only after taking into account the financials and NPA situation of the various banks. According to me, this figure is adequate. We should also remeber, this is just a first tranche of money just to put the weaker banks on track. The government will come up with more as and when needed. सरकार से बैंक रीकैपिटलाइजेशन के तहत मिली पूंजी पर्याप्त, Arundhati bhattacharya Former Chief SBI @TheOfficialSBI pic.twitter.com/bIjWqKC5Ft— Zee Business (@ZeeBusiness) January 29, 20183) Rural economyThe government must focus on the rural economy in Budget 2018 because demand will trigger from the bottom. 4) Affordable housingAffordobale housing is something that will help all the sections of the economy, from labour, consutruction, to steel, cement, alumunium and tiles etc. This is good for consumers, industry and economy altogether.5) MCLRThe marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR)  refers to the minimum interest rate of a bank below which it cannot lend, except in some cases allowed by the RBI. MCLR has been on the rise because inflation is also on a rising trajectory on account of higher petrol and diesel prices. This is why deposit rates need to be revised higher too. That said, borrowing rates will also increase. I see no reason for lending rates to come down in near future. 

FM Arun Jaitley should focus on rural economy, affordable housing in Budget 2018: Arundhati Bhattacharya 

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Credit growth will take at least two-three quarters to see a revival, while borrowing cost is not going to come down any time soon, said ex-SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya in an exclusive interview to Zee Business.  She also said that the bank recapitalisation amount announced last week is adequate.  On Budget 2018, Bhattacharya said that FM Arun Jaitley must focus on the rural economy and also boost the affordable housing.  Here are the key points from the interview: 1) Credit growth Credit growth in retail segment is going fine, but is lower in investment segment. Investment growth is not picking up because capacity utilisation is running lower. Barring big airports like Mumbai and Delhi, where capacity utilisation has reached above 85 per cent, it is just around 75 per cent to 80 per cent in core industries such as cement and steel.  2) Bank recapitalisation The governmet has fixed the bank recapitalisation amount only after taking into account the financials and NPA situation of the various banks. According to me, this figure is adequate. We should also remeber, this is just a first tranche of money just to put the weaker banks on track. The government will come up with more as and when needed.  सरकार से बैंक रीकैपिटलाइजेशन के तहत मिली पूंजी पर्याप्त, Arundhati bhattacharya Former Chief SBI @TheOfficialSBI pic.twitter.com/bIjWqKC5Ft — Zee Business (@ZeeBusiness) January 29, 2018 3) Rural economy The government must focus on the rural economy in Budget 2018 because demand will trigger from the bottom.  4) Affordable housing Affordobale housing is something that will help all the sections of the economy, from labour, consutruction, to steel, cement, alumunium and tiles etc. This is good for consumers, industry and economy altogether. 5) MCLR The marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR)  refers to the minimum interest rate of a bank below which it cannot lend, except in some cases allowed by the RBI.  MCLR has been on the rise because inflation is also on a rising trajectory on account of higher petrol and diesel prices. This is why deposit rates need to be revised higher too. That said, borrowing rates will also increase. I see no reason for lending rates to come down in near future. 