A bank's loan book signals its financial might. This is so because it is loan-book assets that generate interest for banks, and interest income is the bread and butter for banks. A high loan-book growth indicates fast-growing interest income. The tables show the loan-book growth of listed Indian banks in the public and the private sectors over 20 years. The 20-year time period has been divided into blocks of five years. The top-performing banks in a block of five years are highlighted in gre