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Business News/ Industry / Banking/  PSBs' bad loans have declined by over 89,000 cr till March: Govt
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PSBs' bad loans have declined by over ₹89,000 cr till March: Govt

Aggregate gross advances of PSBs increased from over ₹18.19 lakh crore as on March 31, 2008 to more than ₹52.15 lakh crore as on March 31, 2014
  • Gross NPAs of PSBs have declined by ₹89,189 crore from the peak of ₹8,95,601 crore in March 2018 to ₹8,06,412 crore in March 2019
  • The asset quality review (AQR) initiated in 2015 for clean and fully provisioned bank balance-sheets revealed high incidence of NPAs.Premium
    The asset quality review (AQR) initiated in 2015 for clean and fully provisioned bank balance-sheets revealed high incidence of NPAs.

    NEW DELHI : The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of public sector banks (PSBs) have declined by 89,189 crore from a peak of more than 8.95 lakh crore in March 2018 to over 8.06 lakh crore in March this year, the government told the Rajya Sabha.

    In a written reply to Congress member B K Hariprasad, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data on global operations (provisional data for the financial year ending March 2019), gross NPAs of PSBs have declined by 89,189 crore from the peak of 8,95,601 crore in March 2018 to 8,06,412 crore in March 2019 (provisional data)."

    According to the data, aggregate gross advances of PSBs increased from over 18.19 lakh crore as on March 31, 2008 to more than 52.15 lakh crore as on March 31, 2014.

    "As per RBI inputs, the primary reasons for the spurt in stressed assets have been observed to be, inter-alia, aggressive lending practices, wilful default/loan frauds/corruption in some cases, and economic slowdown," the minister said in a statement.

    The asset quality review (AQR) initiated in 2015 for clean and fully provisioned bank balance-sheets revealed high incidence of NPAs.

    As a result of AQR and subsequent transparent recognition by banks, stressed accounts were reclassified as NPAs and expected losses on stressed loans, not provided for earlier under flexibility given to restructured loans, were provided for. Further, all such schemes for restructuring stressed loans were withdrawn.

    The government adopted a comprehensive 4R's strategy consisting of recognition of NPAs transparently, resolution and recovering value from stressed accounts, recapitalising PSBs, and reforms in PSBs and financial ecosystem to ensure a responsible and clean system, the statement noted.

    Steps were taken to expedite and enable resolution of NPAs of PSBs, and to improve the condition of banks.

    Change in credit culture was effected, with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) fundamentally changing the creditor-borrower relationship, taking away control of the defaulting company from promoters/owners and debarring wilful defaulters from the resolution process and debarring them from raising funds from the market.

    Over the last four financial years, PSBs were recapitalised to the extent of 3.12 lakh crore, with an infusion of 2.46 lakh crore by the government and mobilisation of over 0.66 lakh crore by PSBs themselves, the statement said.

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    This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.

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    Updated: 25 Jul 2019, 09:43 PM IST
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