RBI eases stressed asset restructuring rules for banks

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has set a deadline of March 2017 to clean up the bad loans on bank balance sheets.

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Reuters Mumbai
Last Updated : Jun 13 2016 | 8:52 PM IST

The Reserve Bank of India on Monday relaxed guidelines for restructuring of large stressed assets by lenders in a move that would allow the banks to more effectively manage bad loans on their books.

India's banks are saddled with about $120 billion in stressed loans, or 11.5 percent of the total, and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has set a deadline of March 2017 to clean up the bad loans on bank balance sheets.

 

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First Published: Jun 13 2016 | 8:41 PM IST

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