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TopicBad Loans

Topic: Bad Loans

Cabinet approves proposal to provide Rs 30,600 crore govt guarantee for bad bank

The proposed bad bank or NARCL will pay up to 15% of the agreed value for the loans in cash and the remaining 85% would be government-guaranteed security receipts.

Modi govt finally sets up bad bank hoping to tackle NPA mountain, boost credit flow

The bad bank was registered as the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd with Padmakumar Madhavan Nair as the MD. Its paid-up capital is Rs 746 million.

Rs 2 lakh crore – that’s how much debt India’s bad bank opening this month will handle

By housing bad loans of many lenders under one roof, the new entity should help speed up decision-making and improve bargaining power when resolving these assets.

RBI allows takeover of PMC bank by Centrum Financial Services to set up small finance bank

In September 2019, RBI had placed PMC under regulatory restrictions, including cap on withdrawals by its customers, after detection of certain financial irregularities.

Modi govt’s bad bank plan sparks fear that loan prices could be inflated

Market participants say they’ll be closely watching whether bad bank plan could wind up inflating the price of distressed assets.

Bad loan problem is worse than what official numbers show

Most banks have reported a smaller percentage of bad loans on their books in the last quarter. Here’s a look at the full extent of the problem in selected financiers.

A surge in bad loans is set to worsen India’s NBFC crisis

NBFCs fund a wide range of businesses. Any setback would not bode well for an economy already heading for its worst annual contraction since the 1950s this financial year.

Only a dozen large firms to gain from bank loans recast, most stressed firms not eligible

According to bankers, total debt recast will be around Rs 3 lakh crore. Shapoorji Pallonji, Future groups among firms to receive nod for recast, but may ultimately not need it.

State Bank of India to boost retail book, expects better earnings as economy revives

SBI’s bad loan ratio fell to 5.28% in September end from 5.44% three months earlier, but the bank warned that it expects further $2.7 billion of loans to sour over next 6 months.

SBI warns of more bad debt as Covid pandemic stretches on

SBI, which posted a better than expected profit, estimates a further Rs 200 billion of loans to sour in the next 6 months as Covid continues to impact borrowers.

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