Get App
Download App Scanner
Scan to Download
Advertisement
This Article is From Dec 21, 2017

Financial System Stable But Risks To Asset Quality Remain: RBI’s Financial Stability Report

Financial System Stable But Risks To Asset Quality Remain: RBI’s Financial Stability Report
A customer waits to deposit Indian 100 rupee banknotes at a counter inside a bank. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

India's financial system remains stable but stress test shows bad loans may increase, according the Reserve Bank of India's bi-annual financial stability report.

The results of the latest systemic risk survey conducted by the Reserve Bank in October 2017 indicated that among risks affecting the financial system, ‘global risks' and the risk perception on macro-economic conditions and institutional risks were perceived to be in ‘medium' category

RBI's Financial Stability Report

The report noted that credit growth of scheduled commercial banks has improved in the first half of the current fiscal. But state-owned lenders continued to lag behind their private counterparts, it said.

Gross non-performing assets ratio in the banking sector may may rise to 10.8 percent in March 2018 from 10.2 percent in September, according to the baseline scenario of stress tests conducted by the central bank.

Essential Business Intelligence, Continuous LIVE TV, Sharp Market Insights, Practical Personal Finance Advice and Latest Stories — On NDTV Profit.

Newsletters

Update Email
to get newsletters straight to your inbox
⚠️ Add your Email ID to receive Newsletters
Note: You will be signed up automatically after adding email

News for You

Set as Trusted Source
on Google Search