FinMin suggests public sector banks to review top non-performing accounts

20 Mar 2013 Evaluate

To recover the major portion of the non performing assets (NPAs), the finance ministry has suggested the state-runs banks to review their top 300 non-performing accounts by their board's management committee and also implement a strict recovery policy, especially in cases where defaulting companies have affluent promoters. Pursuant to which, the bank’s board will suggest measures accordingly and if there is a case for recovery, steps will be taken. Almost all state-run banks have senior finance ministry officials on their boards.

The finance ministry has also asked the banks to take the support from Lok Adalats and recovery camps to check fresh slippages and devise a strategy for their minimization. It has already directed banks to disclose their top 50 NPAs along with the details of loan sanctioning officer, the collateral furnished by the borrower, terms of the loan and how the bank covers the risk.

As of December 2012, gross nonperforming assets of public sector banks have risen from Rs 71,080 crore in March 2011 to Rs 1.55 lakh crore. Further, as many as 215 projects with investments of Rs 7 lakh crore are currently stalled, and banks have disbursed about Rs 54,000-crore loans towards these projects. Moreover, stalled projects, mainly due to coal linkage, environment clearances and land acquisition problems in sectors like power, coal, iron, steel and road transport have further added to the problem of bad loans.

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