The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has suggested 5-point action plan to deal with the issue of rising non-performing assets (NPAs) of Indian banks. The CII’s report, recently submitted to Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank recommended 5 steps, such as setting up a National Asset Management Company, revamping the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) mechanism, creating a special resolution mechanism for the infrastructure sector, liberalising norms to raise capitalisation of asset reconstruction companies and improving the effectiveness of the insolvency regime.
Expressing concerns over the deteriorating asset quality of banks, the industry body highlighted that stressed loans in India such as bad and restructured loans crossed 10 percent of all loans in mid 2013-14 and expected to increase 15 percent by the end of 2014-15. Prevailing economic slowdown accompanied with high interest rates in order to tame the inflation has led to a sharp deterioration in asset quality for the banking sector. Owing to their impaired portfolios, the banks are now cautious to extend credit which is impacting the growth in the corporate sector. The CII also recommended measures to reduce the recovery time in Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) so that delays could be minimized and remedial measures can be taken.
The Industry chamber added that effective implementation of these measures would release significant stress from the Indian banking system and would yield positive result in making the domestic banking sector more robust.
Indian banking industry is the most dominant segment of the country’s financial sector and plays an important role in the economic development of the country. Banks help to boost economic growth by allocating savings to investments that have potential to yield higher returns.
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