 "PNB reports Rs 5367 cr loss in Q4 as bad loans surge")
Punjab National Bank (PNB) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 5367 cr rupees as the nation's fourth-biggest state-run lender by assets set aside more funds to cover a jump in bad loans.
Provisions, including for loan losses, nearly tripled from a year earlier to 10485 cr rupees in the March quarter, the New Delhi-based lender said in a regulatory filing.
Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans rose to 12.9 per cent in March from 8.47 per cent in December, and 6.55 per cent a year earlier.
Indian banks have seen a surge in bad loans after a clean up ordered by their regulator, the Reserve Bank of India.The central bank wanted banks to classify some troubled accounts as non-performing and make adequate provisions for those over the December and March quarters.
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