Timely resolution of insolvency cases can free up Rs 67,000 crore to lenders: ICRA

30 Jan 2019 Evaluate

ICRA, Indian independent and professional investment information and credit rating agency, in its latest report has said that timely resolution of insolvency cases can free up as much as Rs 67,000 crore to lenders, which is equivalent to about 6.5 percent of gross non-performing assets (NPAs) in the system.  The agency stated that while the number of insolvency cases are expected to pile up over the next few quarters, timely conclusion of cases within the law mandated 180-270 days can free up as much as Rs 67,000 crore to the system.

The report highlighted that since the bankruptcy law came into being from May 2016, close to 3,000 companies have been sent to various NCLTs for resolutions of which only 586 have been closed so far while 63 have been withdrawn after the law was amended last year under which Section 12A has been inserted into the original law. The report also mentioned that as of December 2018, as many as 898 corporate insolvency cases are awaiting a resolution as against 768 cases as in September 2018. Up to December 2018, only 79 cases have yielded a resolution while 302 cases have entered into liquidation which is a very high proportion.

Besides, it said ‘almost 68 percent of the NCLT cases have already exceeded the 270-day timeline allowed under the law. Moreover those cases already resolved as of the December quarter have taken an average 354 days compared to 340 days taken in the September quarter. In fact, over the past one year, the resolution time has gone up’.

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