Rajnish Kumar added that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has come as a 'very good tool' in the hands of the banks and the financial creditors
the reduction seems to be insignificant given the fact that gross NPAs of state-run banks at the end of FY18 stood at Rs 8.95 trillion
The meeting called by Indian Banks Association was also attended by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, who had accepted the report of the Sunil Mehta Committee earlier this week
The RBI has been critical of banks for using restructuring schemes to hide the stress
PNB in a statement said the bank had the second highest exposure to Bhushan Steel and will benefit greatly from this acquisition
Propping up bloated and inefficient state lenders would seem to ensure a repeat of the current crisis
MoS for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said gross non-performing assets under the 'Industry-Large' category for all banks soared to Rs 5.27 trn as on Dec 2017 from Rs 1.23 trn on March 31, 2015
Sona Alloys has an outstanding of Rs 6.47 billion towards SBI, while Zenith Birla has Rs 1.39 billion
SBI plans to sell a total of 15 such NPA accounts to recover Rs 9.89 bn; IFCI to sell 23 NPAs for recovery of Rs 136.68 bn
The committee has also made a case for amending banking laws, including the SBI Act, to provide for disclosure of names of loan defaulters
Finance ministry also asked banks to look at a differentiated approach so as to create niche for them
The Reserve Bank has directed certain reclassifications in the private sector lender's asset classification and provisioning as on March 2017