Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urijit Patel has said that public sector banks (PSBs) will require a higher recapitalization to resolve the non-performing assets (NPAs) issue in a time-bound manner as bad loans at 9.6 percent of the system is not acceptable. He noted that since the balance sheet of most state-run banks are not healthy enough to take large haircuts, which is need for any bad loan resolution, the other option is recapitalization.
Observing that Gross NPA ratio of the banking system was 9.6% of total lending and stressed advances ratio at 12% as of March 2017, he said the persistently high ratio in the past few years was a matter of concern. Besides, he pointed out that as much as 86.5 percent of gross NPAs are accounted by large borrowers that are defined as borrowers with aggregate exposure of Rs 5 crore and above. He also highlighted the need for swift time bound resolution or liquidation of stressed assets will be critical for de-logging the balance sheet and for efficient reallocation of bank capital.
Adding further, RBI governor has said that government and the RBI are in discussion to prepare a package of measures to enable state-run banks to shore up the necessary capital in a time bound manner. He noted that the measures will include a combination of capital raising from market, dilution of government holding, additional capital infusion by government, merger with strategic fit and sale of non-core assets. He also said that government and the RBI have been working together to comprehensively address the NPA issue through a multi-pronged approach.
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