Kathmandu. Current fiscal year 2082. In the first four months of the current fiscal year, the number of loans issued by banks has increased by 35.5 percent.
According to the data released by Nepal Rastra Bank, banks have issued Rs 146.22 billion as collateral loans till mid-November of the current fiscal year. Previous fiscal year 2081. By mid-November 2018, banks had disbursed Rs 107.76 billion. Accordingly, the share loan from banks has increased by 35.68 percent in the review year compared to the previous year.
As of mid-November of the current fiscal year, banks have issued loans of above Rs 10 million and Rs 103.03 billion as collateral. The loan of this range had gone up to Rs 71.03 billion till mid-November last year. The demand for this range of loans has increased by 45.05 percent.
Loans in the range of Rs 5 million to Rs 10 million stood at Rs 16.66 billion, loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million to Rs 50 lakh stood at Rs 17.96 billion and loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million stood at Rs 8.55 billion. Loans in the range of Rs 5 million to Rs 10 million were Rs 13.78 billion, loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million to Rs 50 lakh were Rs 15.42 billion and loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million were Rs 7.53 billion.
Compared to the previous year, loans in the range of Rs 5 million to Rs 1 crore increased by 20.94 percent, loans in the range of Rs 25 lakh to Rs 5 million increased by 16.52 percent and loans in the range of Rs 2.5 million increased by 13.54 percent.
