Kathmandu. Current fiscal year 2082. As of August, the second month of 2018, the share loans issued by banks have increased by about 46 percent.
According to the data released by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), banks have issued Rs 145.60 billion as collateral loan in the review period of the current fiscal year. Previous fiscal year 2081. As of mid-August 2018, banks had disbursed loans worth Rs 99.76 billion. Compared to the previous year, the share loan from banks has increased by 45.95 percent.
As of mid-August of the current fiscal year, banks have issued loans of Rs 102.32 billion as collateral of shares above Rs 10 million. The loan of this range had gone up to Rs 65.93 billion till August last year. The demand for this range of loans has increased by 55.20 percent.
Loans in the range of Rs 5 million to Rs 10 million stood at Rs 17.90 billion, loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million to Rs 50 lakh stood at Rs 17.26 billion and loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million stood at Rs 8.11 billion. Loans in the range of Rs 5 million to Rs 1 crore were Rs 12.81 billion, loans in the range of Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh were Rs 17.26 billion and loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million were Rs 8.11 billion.
Compared to the previous year, loans in the range of Rs 5 million to Rs 1 crore increased by 39.66 percent, loans in the range of Rs 25 lakh to Rs 5 million increased by 23.44 percent and loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million increased by 15.50 percent.
