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Most MSMEs have seen a delayed payment cycle, and spend much time and resources on the collection of dues owing to the pandemic
Overall, 38 accounts worth Rs 83,000 crore identified: SBI chairman
The government is expected to mop up around Rs 1 trillion from LIC's IPO
The scheme has saved around 15 million jobs and stopped 14 per cent of outstanding MSME loans from turning into non-performing assets (NPAs)
Going forward, as the economy recovers and credit demand rises, banks will need to ensure availability of sufficient capital to support credit growth
The gross non-performing asset ratio of scheduled commercial banks is likely to increase to 9.5 per cent in September 2022 from 6.9 per cent in September 2021 in a severe stress scenario
According to the RBI, banks have written off over Rs 2 lakh crore of bad loans in the fiscal ended March 2021. Find out more about the types of loans and when they are categorised as bad
SBI to sell an NPA account KSK Mahanadi Power Company, with total outstanding against the company standing over Rs 4,100 crore.
Tightening of norms may increase non-banking finance companies' (NBFCs) headline non-performing advances (NPA) by around one third, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said.
An increase of up to 80 basis points is expected in the case of housing finance companies, taking the NPA level to 3.8%
Last week, prime minister Narendra Modi had said banks have managed to recover more than Rs 5 trillion from defaulters
Even after seven years of operations, Bandhan's concentration on micro loans remains high
Modi said the NPAs of the banking sector had continued to rise because of wrong practices and lack of transparency followed by the earlier regime
Rs 90,000-crore NPAs of 22 firms to be transferred in first tranche
Asks lenders to mention exact due date for repayment in loan agreements
Robust system is needed for investigation
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Loans up to Rs 50 cr t be brought under new regime, fraud accounts to be kept out of ambit; aim is to reduce hardship to employees, save resources