RBI governor urges banks to monitor credit-deposit gap to avoid liquidity issues
MUMBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Indian banks need to carefully monitor the gap between credit and deposit growth to avoid a potential structural liquidity issue, the governor of the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) said on Tuesday. “Young Indians are aspirational. They get attracted to different markets. There is nothing wrong in it, it’s a natural process and a positive development,” Shaktikanta Das told local television channel NDTV Profit in an interview. “We are cautioning banks to monitor this situation carefully. There is no problem now, but it can become a structural liquidity problem in the future.” Indian banks’ loans