Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor D. Subbarao, during a visit to Jammu recently, seems to have been disturbed by the abysmally low level of credit-deposit ratio—just 35% in 2011—in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). For a professional, this reflects a rather poor state of banking affairs. But for the local businessmen it is a way of life. A credit-deposit ratio of 35-40% has been an endemic feature of the state for almost as long as one can recall; except for a brief interlude.