West Bengal and Selected States Pranab Kumar Das Pradip Maiti The purpose of this paper is three-fold. First, it analyses the movement of credit-deposit ratios of commercial banks in West Bengal from 1972-73 to 1993-94 and compares these ratios with those for a few selected states. Second, the authors examine to what extent credit advanced by banks has helped economic growth in the state, considering once again the comparable situation in some other states. Finally, the influence of income originating in a state on deposit mobilisation there is explored.