RBI governor raises concerns over rising NPAs

15 May 2015 Evaluate

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has once again raised concerns over rising Non Performing Assets (NPA) of some banks and has said that there was no danger of any financial crisis but it may be early to declare that the worst was over on the non-performing asset front.

Rajan talking about the size of the non-performing loans (NPL) in the banking sector said that some banks have managed to bring down their bad loan positions, for others it is still increasing, though he also said that it was a matter of concern, but ruled out the possibility of the issue leading to a financial crisis.

The RBI governor while replying to a press conference after a meeting of the RBI's central board, said that he was concerned about the losses that it implies and the effects on bank functioning. He further said  on the losses to the tax payer that he was concerned about the size of the NPLs.

Rajan also said that the RBI was in touch with the banks to identify the problems and trying to bring down the NPL at the earliest. He added that the history of NPLs in the past in the banking sector has been a combination of actions by the banks as well as growth tends to restore bank's health... A slow recovery is underway, so I think that will help, but we are doing everything we can on the regulatory side to make sure that these bad assets are recognised, problems are dealt with and we move forward.

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