RBI tightens norms for loan restructuring; raises provision to 5 percent

31 May 2013 Evaluate

Concerned over the rising NPAs of Indian banks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened rules for restructuring of most types of loans in line with global practices. According to the latest RBI notification, provisioning on the newly restructured account has been raised to 5 percent from June 1 from 2 percent now. While, for the old restructured account it will be done in the phased manner during a two year period. The central bank also added that existing regulatory forbearance will no longer be available from April 1, 2015.

According to the new RBI norms, restructured account would be treated as NPA. While as per the existing guidelines, an account after restructuring is not classified as non-performing assets (NPA). The central bank suggested the banks that they should correctly capture the reduction in fair value of restructured accounts as it will have a bearing not only on the provisioning required to be made by them but also on the amount of sacrifice required from the promoters.

There should not be any effort on the part of banks to artificially reduce the net present value of cash flows by resorting to any sort of financial engineering, it added. Banks are also advised to implement a proper mechanism of checks and balances to ensure accurate calculation of erosion in the fair value of restructured accounts. Further, the RBI has decided that banks should ensure that the unit taken up for restructuring achieves viability in 8 years, if it is engaged in infrastructure activities, and in 5 years in other cases.

Recently, the central bank has also directed the banks to disclose details of all capital instruments issued at least on a half-yearly basis along with financial earnings report to meet the Basel III requirement to provide a description of the main features of capital instruments.

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