Banks to restructure Rs 10 lakh crore in debt under RBI’s loan restructuring scheme: ICRA

10 Sep 2020 Evaluate

Domestic rating agency ICRA in its latest report has said that banks and non-bank lenders will restructure up to Rs 10 lakh crore in debt or 8 percent of outstanding loans under the Reserve Bank of India’s one-time loan restructuring scheme. It said the RBI has operationalized guidelines based on K V Kamath-led panel's recommendations, which give relief to 26 listed sectors affected by the pandemic and stress on banks factoring-in leverage, liquidity and debt serviceability before admitting a case.

The report felt that the overall restructured portfolio will come at 5-8 percent of the overall loans. In value terms, it said the total quantum of the debt which can get restructured will be between Rs 6 lakh crore and Rs 10 lakh crore, specifying that banks have an asset book of Rs 100 lakh crore and another Rs 35 lakh crore is from the non-bank lenders. It noted that the estimate on the amount of portfolio to be restructured is based on an assumption that the overall assets under moratorium came down to 20-25 percent by the close of the six-month relief in August. It added that a part of the assets enjoying the moratorium are special mention accounts where repayments were due for 31 to 89 days, which cannot be restructured under the new guidelines.

According to the report, the lenders will be immediately adhere on the metric of total outstanding liabilities to adjusted tangible net worth. However, it said some sectors may face challenges on meeting other metrics such as total debt to operating profit, debt service coverage ratio and average debt service coverage ratio. For sectors like textiles, construction, trading and ferrous metals, it said the total debt to EBITDA threshold specified by the committee is such that the BB rating hurdle will be difficult to cross.

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