Days after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified a revised framework for expeditious resolution of bad loans, credit ratings agency, Crisil Ratings in its latest report has stated that the Central Bank’s revised framework is a long-term positive for banks and has the potential to bring about a big change in the approach of banks to monitor exposures and resolution of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs). It believes that the upshot of the strong statement of intent by RBI will be structural streamlining, standardising and harmonising of the resolution process leading to greater transparency, credibility and efficiency.
According to the report, the RBI is establishing an ecosystem where NPAs would get recognised on time and their resolutions will be structurally quicker than before, by mandating weekly information on large delinquent accounts, by directing that a resolution plan be scripted immediately after default, and by setting stringent timelines for referring an account to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code process. It added that independent credit evaluation of the residual debt in resolution plans, and minimum investment grade rating for any upgrade of NPAs, will improve investor and other stakeholder confidence over the long term.
Crisil also said that in order to resolve the stressed assets situation, several steps such as corporate debt restructuring (CDR), sustainable structuring of stressed assets (S4A), strategic debt restructuring (SDR) were conceived in recent years, but to limited success. It highlighted that the RBI’s move has come at the right hour because the asset quality pressures are near their peak and it will improve the ability of banks to transit to the new regime. Besides, the Central Bank had discontinued programmes for banks to restructure their defaulted loans such as CDR, S4A, SDR, among others, and made the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code as the main tool to deal with defaulters.
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