Mumbai, Nov 4 (PTI) The microfinance portfolio for all lenders continued to shrink even in the September quarter, but there was an improvement in asset quality, a report said on Tuesday.

The gross lending portfolio of microloans dropped 16.5 per cent to Rs 3.45 lakh crore as of September 30, 2025 as against Rs 4.14 lakh crore in the year-ago period, and was 3.8 per cent down from the Rs 3.59 lakh crore in the June quarter, the report by a credit information company said.

The number of active loans to borrowers at the bottom of the pyramid declined 19.3 per cent on-year and 6.3 per cent on-quarter to 12.4 crore as of September, Crif High Mark said.

However, the amount disbursed during the July-September period increased to Rs 60,900 crore, up 6.5 per cent from Rs 57,168 crore in the quar

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