PSBs’ bad loans come down to Rs 7.27 lakh crore at end of September 2019: Sitharaman

11 Feb 2020 Evaluate

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that bad loans of public sector banks (PSBs) came down to Rs 7.27 lakh crore at the end of September 2019 from Rs 8.96 lakh crore at the end of March 2018. Sitharaman said that 12 out of 18 PSBs reporting profit in the first half of the current financial year (H1FY20), and the highest provision coverage ratio in seven-and-half years. This was attributed to slew of measures taken by the government to improve financial health of the banks in the country.

Sitharaman mentioned that the government has instituted comprehensive reforms in PSBs to improve, governance, underwriting, monitoring and recovery, and has leveraged technology in all aspects of banking, resulting in reduction in their non performing assets (NPAs). As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, gross NPAs of PSBs rose from Rs 2,79,016 crore as on March 31, 2015, to Rs 6,84,732 crore as on March 31, 2017 and Rs 8,95,601 crore as on March 31, 2018.

Besides, she said the Banking Trend Report published by the RBI in December observed that the health of the banking sector hinges on a turnaround in macroeconomic conditions. The government has taken significant steps towards speeding up the insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and easing of credit, particularly for the stressed real estate and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) sectors, and that the impact of critical measures taken to boost investment present green shoots for growth in the second half of 2019-20 and 2020-21.

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