India: Gross NPAs of PSBs at ₹3.16L Cr, Govt Reports

New Delhi: The gross non-performing assets of public sector banks (PSBs) stood at Rs 3.16 lakh crore as of September 30, which is 3.09 per cent of the outstanding loans, while gross NPAs as percentage of outstanding loan is 1.86 per cent in private sector banks, the government said on Tuesday.

Informing to the Parliament, minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in the Rajya Sabha that as per provisional data of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), gross NPAs of PSBs and private sector banks as on September 30, 2024 were Rs 3,16,331 crore and Rs 1,34,339 crore, respectively.

“As of March 31, 2024, 580 unique borrowers (excluding individuals and overseas borrowers), each having loan outstanding of more than Rs 50 crore, were classified as wilful defaulters by scheduled commercial banks,” Chaudhary further said.

To a query on the number of cases resolved and amount of haircuts by banks through the operation of Insolvency and bankruptcy code, Chaudhary also said as per data, up to September 30, 2024, resolution plans have been approved in 1,068 corporate insolvency resolution processes. “These resolutions led to a recovery of Rs 3.55 lakh crore to the creditors, including banks,” he said.