Kathmandu. In the last two months, banks have extended loans of Rs 60.97 billion. In the month of July and August alone, 20 commercial banks have extended loans .

With this, the size of the credit extension of banks has increased to Rs 5.35 trillion by the end of August. As of mid-July, the total credit investment of banks stood at Rs 5.289 trillion.

In the first month of the current fiscal year, i. e., in the first month of the current fiscal year, the loan investment of banks decreased by Rs 1.71 billion. However, in August, banks have invested more than Rs 62.68 billion.

Global IMEBank has disbursed the highest loan amount of Rs. 20..01 billion in the period (2 and Rs. 12..88 billion.

Laxmi Sunrise Bank } Bank invested Rs. 10.31 billion, Kumari Rs. 7.65 billion, Nabil Bank 7.06 billion, Siddhartha Bank Rs. 4.80 billion, Machhapuchchh re Bank has invested Rs 4.74 billion and NM B has invested Rs 4. 29 billion.

NIC Asia, Sanima Bank, Prabhu Bank, Prime Commercial Bank, Nepal Investment Mega Bank, Himalayan Bank and Standard Chartered The bank’s lending has declined.