Gross Bad Loans Of Banks Cross Rs 8.5 Lakh Crore In First Half Of FY18
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Gross non-performing assets of banks crossed Rs 8.50 lakh crore at the end of Sept. 2017, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla informed the Lok Sabha.
āReserve Bank of India has informed that the growth in provisions for NPAs of Public Sector Banks in the first half of the current financial year (as on Sep. 30, 2017 over March 31, 2017) was 9.5 percent,ā he said in a written reply to the house.
RBI has issued directions to certain banks for referring 12 accounts, with fund and non-fund based outstanding amount greater than Rs 5,000 crore and with 60 percent or more classified as non-performing as of March 31, 2016, to initiate insolvency process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the minister said.
These 12 accounts constituted about 25 percent of the gross NPAs of the banking system, he said in another reply.
In addition to these accounts, Shukla said, RBI has also issued directions to resolve certain other accounts within six months, failing which insolvency proceedings under the Code will need to be initiated.
Replying to another question, the minister said there is no proposal under consideration of the government to withdraw bank cheque book facility.
āWhile the government is committed to transform India into a less cash economy and promote digital and electronic transactions through multi-pronged initiatives, cheques are an integral part of the payments landscape and form the backbone of trade and commerce, by being negotiable instruments, which often serve as the security for underlying trade transactions,ā he said.
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