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…
RBI Notification DNBR (PD-ARC) No. 05/ED(SS)-2017 dated April 28, 2017In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, Reserve Bank of India hereby specifies that the Net Owned Fund (NOF) for Asset Reconstruction Companies…
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…