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PNB raises asset quality guidance, aims to lower net NPA to 3.5% by March

Gross NPAs reduced to 11.27% in April-June quarter from 14.33% a year ago; eight accounts worth Rs 2,486 cr will be transferred to NARCL

Punjab National bank
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The lender has identified eight accounts worth Rs 2,486 crore that will be transferred to the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL).

Nikunj Ohri New Delhi
State-owned Punjab National Bank has raised its asset quality guidance and seeks to lower net non-performing assets (NPA) to 3.5 per cent by March 2023-end from 4.28 per cent on June 30, 2022.

The Delhi-based lender had earlier projected lowering net NPA to sub-4 per cent level by end of the current fiscal.

“...On account of actions taken by the bank, net NPA is going to be reduced to 3.5 per cent definitely by March 2023. I’m confident of achieving this number," PNB managing director Atul Kumar Goel said at the post-earnings press conference.

In April-June, PNB’s net NPAs declined