Growth of bank credit to industry decelerated to 6.1% in November as against 13% recorded in the same month last year, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. Among major industries, year-on-year credit growth to basic metal & metal products, food processing and textiles accelerated in November 2023 as compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, while that to all engineering, chemicals & chemical products, and infrastructure decelerated.