Rs 3 trillion of capital infusion only helped PSBs trim losses, fails to boost credit growth: India Ratings

09 Aug 2019 Evaluate

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) in its latest report has said that the huge Rs 3 trillion capital infusion by the government into Public Sector Banks (PSBs) between FY14 and FY19 has helped them cut losses but has failed to contribute meaningfully to credit growth.

According to the report, the sharp deterioration in asset quality in the last few years has led to accelerated provisions among by all the PSBs leading to massive losses. It pointed out that in reality, the capital infused was largely consumed to tide over losses resulting from provisions required on non-performing assets (NPAs). It also said over the years, market share of PSBs in incremental credit generation shifted to other market participants including private banks, foreign banks, non-bank financial companies, housing finance companies and mutual funds.

Ind-Ra has indicated that the market share of PSBs dropped to 46.5 percent in FY19 from 60.9 percent in FY14. In terms of incremental credit, the share of PSBs has been 26.2 percent over FY14-FY19. It said recapitalization is a prompt response to infuse funds in cash-strapped public sector banks. It added that the capital infusion by the government in PSBs may ensure banks' solvency but may not necessarily ensure stability and growth in the absence of non-financial and structural reforms.

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