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Number of wilful defaulters surges by 38% at the end of December 2015

04 May 2016 Evaluate

Amid the talks of rise in nonperforming assets (NPA) of the public sector banks (PSBs), the government has informed that the number of 'wilful defaulters' who have not repaid their loans to PSBs despite having the ability to do so shot up by 38% to 7,686 at the end of December 2015, compared to 5,554 in December 2012. The amount involved in these cases too shot up by 2.4 times to Rs 66,190 crore, compared to around 27,750 crore earlier.

State Bank of India (SBI) retained the top slot among PSBs with exposure to wilful defaulters, as its exposure rose 60% to Rs 11,705 crore in the three years to December 2015. Other PSBs with high exposure to wilful defaulters includes Central Bank of India Rs 4,408 crore , UCO Bank Rs 4,251 crore and Oriental Bank of Commerce Rs 3,834 crore.

The government further said that, while the number of wilful defaulters increased to 7,686 by the end of 2015, suits was filed in 6,816 cases involving Rs 58,500 crore and FIRs in 1,669 cases involving Rs 18,212 crore. Also, action under the Sarfaesi Act was taken in 5,840 cases involving Rs 53,407 crore. Minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha replying to a query in parliament said there were 1,365 borrower accounts having outstanding of Rs 500 crore and more at the end of December 2015. He said government has taken specific measures to address issues in sectors such as infrastructure, steel and textiles, where instances of NPAs are high.

The issue of wilful defaulters came to fore after a surge in NPAs in October-December 2015 due to the recognition of certain stressed accounts by banks as per RBI norms. RBI rules require banks to declare a borrower 'wilful defaulter' if it has defaulted in repayment despite having the capacity to honour the obligation. Similarly, a defaulter who has diverted or siphoned off the funds, or has disposed off fixed assets or immovable property, can be given the tag.

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