Reserve Bank of India has issued a new framework on 7th June 2019 for resolution of bad loans, replacing the previous norms quashed by the Supreme Court in April, offering a 30-day gap for stress recognition instead of the one-day default earlier. The apex court had on April 2 struck down the stringent RBI circular, issued…
WHAT IS HAIRCUT IN LOAN RECOVERY ? 1. In banking, haircut means the difference between the actual dues form a borrower, and the amount he settles with the bank. 2. When there is no hope of loan recovery, bank will write-off it as one time settlement. It is better to recover something rather than losing…
In Indian Express dt 24th April 2019, a news has been flashed as under: “Central Bank of India on Friday put up two non-performing assets (NPAs) worth Rs 251 crore for sale through the Swiss challenge method.” “The auction for Srinagar Banihal Expressway (Rs 200 crore) and Maa Mahamaya Industries (Rs 51 crore) are being…
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal unveiled ‘Project Sashakt’, a five-prong strategy to deal with non-performing assets. Sashakt aims to strengthen the credit capacity, credit culture and credit portfolio of public sector banks. What is Project Sashakt? Project Sashakt was proposed by a panel led by PNB chairman Sunil Mehta. The Five-Prong Approach is as under:- 1. Outlining SME Resolution approach for…
PNB reports Q4 loss of Rs 5,370 crore, biggest in Indian banking history. Next to follow suit is Bank of Baroda, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank and Central Bank. Many more PSU Banks are incurring losses in Q-4, except Union Bank of India which is the only Bank to post Profit of Rs. 97 Crores. Reasons for…
Talking of NPAs or toxic assets in the context of Indian banks , this should be an interesting read…………The total amount of bad loans in India’s banks is bigger than the GDP of 112 countries.India’s burden of bad loans is truly gigantic.An analyst from India Ratings and Research, a credit ratings agency and a unit…
The main reasons for increase in NPAs of banks include sluggishness in domestic growth during the recent past, slowdown in recovery in the global economy and continuing uncertainty in the global markets leading to lower exports of various products like textile, engineering goods, leather, gems.Besides external factors, Finance Ministry’s annual report said, ban in mining…