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Poor credit appraisal increasing bad loans of PSBs: KC Chakrabarty

18 Nov 2013 Evaluate

Concerned over the rising bad assets of Indian public sector banks (PSBs), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor KC Chakrabarty blames poor credit appraisal of the public sector banks. Underscoring the need for making senior management more accountable, who clear large loan proposals, Chakrabarty said complacency in credit management process during the good times since 2006-07 has started putting stress on the books of PSBs. He further added, bank managements wrongly blame the global financial meltdown for high NPAs. Net NPAs of the 26 public sector banks grew by 2.02 percent during the FY13 as compared to 1.53 in the previous fiscal.

In the last three years, state-run banks alone, reported frauds of over Rs 16,690 crore. Chakrabarty added that undeserving companies, having record of NPAs, have also received loans from banks. During the last 13 years since 2001, these banks have added over Rs 6 lakh crore in NPAs and have shown over Rs 4 lakh crore in reduction of which majority of reduction is driven by the write-offs (Rs 1 lakh crore) than the actual recoveries. Asking the banks to rely more on available credit information, the RBI deputy governor has said that wrong project appraisal is leading to diversions, over- leverage, fraud and NPAs, therefore, bankers should be diligent in the loan appraisal processes.

Chakrabarty also lashed out against the practice of restructuring, which is being used as a tool of NPA management by the banks and said that the moment when the loan is restructured, it should be declared as NPA. Banking industry is the most dominant segment of the financial sector and plays an important role in the economic development of the country. Banks encourage economic growth by allocating savings to investments that have potential to yield higher returns. The Indian banking industry’s contribution to GDP moves along with growth in the Indian economy.

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