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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicLoan write off

Topic: loan write off

Loan write-offs fall 27% in 5 years, public sector banks outperform private peers in recoveries

PSBs have seen recoveries of written off loans growing faster than fresh write-offs since 2019-20, according to data provided by Ministry of Finance in Rajya Sabha.

RBI report shows banks’ health improving, but write-offs are rising too

While commercial banks wrote-off Rs 10.09 lakh crore in last five financial years, they have recovered only Rs 1.32 lakh cr — a shade over 13% — from these written-off accounts.

Canara Bank row has politicians mixing up loan write-offs with waivers. Here’s how they’re different

Last week, Canara Bank in an RTI disclosure said it has written off loans worth Rs 1.29 lakh crore in last 11 yrs. Opposition leaders then slammed govt over 'loot' of public money.

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