Vijay Mallya extradition to speed up loan recovery process: SBI
Live MintMumbai: Country’s largest lender State Bank of India Tuesday said extradition of fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya from the UK to India will speed up the recovery of over ₹ 9,000 crore of loans.In a major boost to India’s efforts to bring back Mallya, who is wanted for loan default worth around ₹ 9,000 crore to a consortium of 13 banks led by SBI, a UK court Monday ordered his extradition. Kumar further said with Mallya’s extradition, the process to extradite Nirav Modi and Mehul Chowksi, wanted in the biggest-ever banking fraud of over ₹ 13,000 crore at state-run Punjab National Bank, will also pick up pace. When asked for his response on the surprise resignation of Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel, Kumar said, “That is one question which I am not answering.” Patel unexpectedly resigned Monday citing ‘personal reasons’, amid rift between the central bank and government. To a query on whether he sees any relaxation in RBI’s February 12 circular on one-day default norms post resignation of Patel, he said, “I don’t know whether there will be relaxation or no relaxation.