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Sunday, August 10, 2025
TopicNon-performing assets

Topic: non-performing assets

It’s not just write-offs, NPA ratios at banks are falling also because fewer loans are turning sour now

RBI data shows bad loans in India are the lowest in at least 13 years. While write-offs are the main reason, lower NPA additions & falling slippage ratio are also driving factors.

Healthy loan growth, comfortable capital position — what’s behind banking sector’s ongoing dream run

There are, however, also some incipient signs of stress in the form of shrinking net interest margins & build-up of bad loans in retail segment that need to be monitored.

5 years, 28 banks, Rs 23,000 cr debt — how ABG Shipyard pulled off ‘India’s biggest bank fraud’

Case has raised questions like how fraud went undetected for so long, how it came to light, how money was diverted, and what led to delay in CBI registering FIR. ThePrint answers.

‘Bad banks’ could be effective, but PSBs need better lending policies in the long run

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

What is the best asset monetisation plan? Modi govt can learn important lessons from Australia

Without bureaucratic capability, India's plan could become a transfer of taxpayer-funded assets to a handful of businesses. Finding balance between public & private interests is key.

Many good things in Budget 2021. But wait for Modi govt to show its will, capability

Unless the Modi govt comes up with some out-of-the-box solution, the demand for recapitalisation could derail its fiscal plans for the year.

SBI income jumps 52%, beats profit estimate after cutting provisions for non-performing loans

Net income jumped to Rs 45.7 billion for the 3 months to September, beating a Rs 36.9 billion average estimate. Bad loan ratio fell slightly to 5.28%, compared with 5.44% at June end.

Modi govt looks at lie detection test to tackle bad loans in Mudra scheme

State-owned Mudra invites expression of interest from potential bidders for an online loan appraisal system that plans to use AI technology.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.