Banks have lent more to sectors that have emerged as the most vulnerable to the lockdown imposed for curbing covid-19 spread, shows data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

As of February, loans to commercial real estate grew by 15.13% year-on-year while those to tourism, hotels and restaurants grew by 16.95%.

As the adjoining chart shows, credit growth rates were low a year ago for these two services. The lockdown has shuttered restaurants, hotels and tourism to enforce social distancing.

With malls, multiplexes and non-essential stores closed, commercial real estate has taken a massive hit. Add the fact that work from home has been adopted, offices too have been largely closed.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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