RBI annual report 2017-18: Central bank says lenders will witness further deterioration in NPAs in FY19
FirstpostThe combined impact of the increase in provisioning against NPAs and mark-to-market treasury losses on account of the hardening of yields eroded the profitability of banks, resulting in net losses, RBI report said New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India said on Wednesday that banks will witness further deterioration in their non-performing assets or bad loans due to the “economic situation prevailing” in the current fiscal. As per RBI’s Annual Report 2017-18, gross non-performing assets plus restructured standard advances in the banking system remained elevated at 12.1 percent of gross advances at end-March 2018. The combined impact of the increase in provisioning against NPAs and mark-to-market treasury losses on account of the hardening of yields eroded the profitability of banks, resulting in net losses, it said. In order to curb NPAs, RBI also put in place revised and harmonised guidelines for resolution of stressed assets during the year, replacing earlier schemes like Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets, Strategic Debt Restructuring scheme, Corporate Debt Restructuring scheme and Joint Lenders’ Forum.