PSBs report frauds of over Rs 95,700 crore in H1FY20: Sitharaman

20 Nov 2019 Evaluate

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said Public Sector Banks (PSBs) reported frauds of over Rs 95,700 crore in the first six months of the current fiscal (H1FY20). During the period from April 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019, as many as 5,743 cases of fraud were reported. She further said that comprehensive measures have been taken to curb the incidence of frauds in banks.

The measures included the freezing of 3,38,000 bank accounts of inoperative companies in the last two financial years in addition to the enactment of a law with a provision to confiscate the property of economic offenders. Besides, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) annual report for FY19 released earlier this year, cases of frauds reported by banks went up by 15 percent on a year-on-year basis from FY19.

As per the report, the sector reported 6,801 frauds cases which amounted to a loss of Rs 71,542.93 crore in FY19. This was higher than the 5,916 cases reported in FY18, which caused a loss of Rs 41,167.04 crore in FY18. Public sector banks, which constitute the largest market share in bank lending, accounted for the bulk of frauds reported in FY19.

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