Tag: Non Performing Assets

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised a red-flag on the spike in non-performing assets (NPAs) under the government’s flagship scheme to support micro enterprises in the country — the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. According to Finance Ministry sources, RBI has cautioned the ministry that the scheme might turn-out to be the […]

New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks about bad loans generated during UPA rule, and asked his government to disclose loans given during the NDA rule that turned into Non-performing assets (NPA). “The real test is, will the NDA-2 match the record of UPA-2 and […]

Mumbai: State-run lender Bank of Baroda on Friday reported an exponential rise of 160.10 per cent in its standalone net profit for the first quarter of 2018-19 aided by lower provisioning for non-performing assets (NPAs). According to the lender, the net profit during the quarter under review rose to Rs 528 crore from Rs 203 […]

New Delhi: Lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) is set to hire detective agencies to supplement the efforts of its field officials in recovering its dues that have become in NPAs (non-performing assets). The lender through its website invited “applications for empanelment of Detective Agencies for the period 2018-2019”. According to the lender, the policy aims […]

Mumbai: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has deferred implementation of its stipulation asking listed companies from reporting payment default of interest on bank loan or installments till further notice. In a statement issued on Friday, SEBI said it has decided to defer implementation of its circular dated August 4 “until further notice” without […]

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed Essar Steel’s writ petition challenging the RBI directive to a consortium of banks led by the SBI to initiate insolvency proceedings against the company for its high non-performing assets. Justice S.G. Shah issued an oral order stating that no relief could be granted to the steel major. […]

New Delhi: Following its identification of 12 accounts responsible for 25 per cent of the non-performing assets (NPAs) of banks in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it has no plan to come out with the next list any time soon. “If you look at it (NPAs), the RBI had […]

Mumbai: Outlining its plan to deal with the mounting problem of banks’ bad loans, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said it will reconstitute the oversight committee (OC) to operationalise the banking ordinance for resolving the issue of non-performing assets (NPAs). “It has been decided to reconstitute the OC under the aegis of […]

Kolkata: Private sector Federal Bank is looking at a 20 per cent growth in business in the current fiscal, an official said on Wednesday. “We are pursuing a 20 per cent year-on-year growth in business, including deposits and credit, in 2019-20,” Federal Bank MD and CEO Shyam Srinivasan said. The lender had posted a net […]

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the RBI will issue a new circular on non-performing assets (NPAs) in three to four days. The circular is likely to set new norms and bring clarity over classification of companies as NPAs. The apex court had on April 2 struck down RBI’s […]

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday called for strong corporate governance culture and accountability in public sector banks (PSBs) to check ballooning non-performing assets (NPAs). “Many of the problems that currently seem to affect the PSBs such as the elevated levels of NPA, capital shortfalls, frauds and inadequate risk management […]

New Delhi: Banks and other secured lenders may face a tough time in terms of reporting of non-performing assets in their books and may take to loan restructuring over the next one year as new cases under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) will not be admitted, experts said. The Centre has suspended the admission […]