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New NPA norms for MSMEs to help reverse Rs 15,000 crore in banking system: Rajiv Kumar

22 Jun 2018 Evaluate

Following new norms for differential treatment of defaults by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar has said that bad loans worth Rs 15,000 crore will be wiped off the banking system with their reversal into standard accounts in the Q1 of current financial year (FY19). He underlined that 180 day NPA norm for MSMEs will help reverse Rs 15,000 crore in the banking system as they have become standard asset. This will help banks to make positive entry to the tune of Rs 2,200 crore making balance sheet of public sector banks (PSBs) healthier in the first quarter of FY19. It will assist growth in the MSME sector which is witnessing credit growth of over 20% in the last 5 quarters.

Kumar further said that MUDRA and initiatives in MSME space leads to rise in the new credit borrowers, giving wings to entrepreneurial ambitions. At the same time, banks will have additional funds to focus on MSME growth, which is engine of the economy.

According to the Reserve Bank of India’s NPA classification norms, banks have to make provision of 15% against the defaulting account of MSME. Providing relief to MSMEs, RBI earlier this month had eased NPA classification norms for such units facing input credit linkages and associated issues under the Goods and Services Tax. Following this, the 90-day period for classifying debt into bad loans was converted into 180-day for all MSME dues between September 1, 2017 and December 31, 2018 if the account was standard as on August 31, 2017.

The new dispensation covers both registered as well as unregistered MSMEs. However, with regard to GST registered MSMEs, 180-day NPA norms will be brought back to 90 days only in a phased manner, starting January 1, 2019. For non-GST registered MSMEs, NPA norms would revert to 90 days from January 1, itself.

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