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Non-Performing Assets (NPA): How serious is
India’s bad loan problem?
When the borrower stops paying interest or principal on a
loan, the lender will lose money. Such a loan is known as
Non-Performing Asset (NPA). Indian Banking industry is
seriously affected by Non-Performing Assets.
What is a Non-Performing Asset (NPA)?
• You may note that for a bank, the loans given by the
bank is considered as its assets. So if the principle or
the interest or both the components of a loan is not
being serviced to the lender (bank), then it would be
considered as a Non-Performing Asset (NPA).
• Any asset which stops giving returns to its investors for a
specified period of time is known as Non-Performing
Asset (NPA).
• Generally, that specified period of time is 90 days in most
of the countries and across the various lending
institutions. However, it is not a thumb rule and it may vary
with the terms and conditions agreed upon by the financial
institution and the borrower.
An example of NPA:
Suppose the State Bank of India (SBI) gives a loan of Rs. 10
crores to a company (Eg: Kingfisher Airlines). Consider that they
agreed upon for an interest rate of say 10% per annum. Now
suppose that initially everything was good and the market forces
were working in support to the airline industry, therefore,
Kingfisher was able to service the interest amount.
Later, due to administrative, technical or corporate reasons suppose the
company is not able to pay the interest rates for 90 days. In that case, a
loan given to the Kingfisher Airlines is a good case for the
consideration as NPA.
NPAs definition by Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
An asset, including a leased asset, becomes non performing
when it ceases to generate income for the bank.
Technical definition by RBI on NPA on different cases
NPA is a loan or an advance where…
• Interest and/ or instalment of principal remain overdue for a
period of more than 90 days in respect of a term loan.
• The account remains ‘out of order’ in respect of an
Overdraft/Cash Credit (OD/CC).
• The bill remains overdue for a period of more than 90 days
in the case of bills purchased and discounted.
• The instalment of principal or interest thereon remains
overdue for two crop seasons for short duration crops.
• The instalment of principal or interest thereon remains
overdue for one crop season for long duration crops.
• The amount of liquidity facility remains outstanding for more
than 90 days, in respect of a securitisation transaction
undertaken in terms of guidelines on securitisation dated
February 1, 2006.
• In respect of derivative transactions, the overdue
receivables representing positive mark-to-market value of a
derivative contract, if these remain unpaid for a period of 90
days from the specified due date for payment.
Categories of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs)
Based upon the period to which a loan has remained as NPA, it is
classified into 3 types:
How serious is India’s NPA issue?
• More than Rs. 7 lakh crore worth loans are classified as
Non-Performing Loans in India. This is a huge amount.
• The figure roughly translates to near 10% of all loans given.
• This means that about 10% of loans are never paid back,
resulting in substantial loss of money to the banks.
• When restructured and unrecognised assets are added the
total stress would be 15-20% of total loans.
• NPA crisis in India is set to worsen.
• Restructuring norms are being misused.
• This bad performance is not a good sign and can result in
crashing of banks as happened in the sub-prime crisis of
2008 in the United States of America.
• Also, the NPA problem in India is worst when comparing
other emerging economies in BRICS.
What can be the possible reasons for NPAs?
• Diversification of funds to unrelated business/fraud.
• Lapses due to diligence.
• Business losses due to changes in business/regulatory
environment.
Lack of morale, particularly after government schemes
which had written off loans.
• Global, regional or national financial crisis which results in
erosion of margins and profits of companies, therefore,
stressing their balance sheet which finally results into non-
servicing of interest and loan payments. (For example, the
2008 global financial crisis).
• The general slowdown of entire economy for example after
2011 there was a slowdown in the Indian economy which
resulted in the faster growth of NPAs.
• The slowdown in a specific industrial segment, therefore,
companies in that area bear the heat and some may become
NPAs.
• Unplanned expansion of corporate houses during the boom
period and loan taken at low rates later being serviced at high
rates, therefore, resulting in NPAs.
• Due to mal-administration by the corporates, for example,
willful defaulters.
Due to mis governance and policy paralysis which hampers the
timeline and speed of projects, therefore, loans become NPAs.
For example the Infrastructure Sector.
• Delay in land acquisition due to social, political, cultural and
environmental reasons.
• A bad lending practice which is a non-transparent way of giving
loans.
• Due to natural reasons such as floods, droughts, disease
outbreak, earthquakes, tsunami etc.
• Cheap import due to dumping leads to business loss of
domestic companies.
For example the Steel sector in India.
What is the impact of NPAs?
Lenders suffer a lowering of profit margins.
• Stress in banking sector causes less money available to fund
other projects, therefore, negative impact on the larger national
economy.
• Higher interest rates by the banks to maintain the profit margin.
• Redirecting funds from the good projects to the bad ones.
• As investments got stuck, it may result in it may result in
unemployment.
• In the case of public sector banks, the bad health of banks
means a bad return for a shareholder which means that the
government of India gets less money as a dividend. Therefore
it may impact easy deployment of money for social and
infrastructure development and results in social and political
cost.
• Investors do not get rightful returns.
• Balance sheet syndrome of Indian characteristics that is both the
banks and the corporate sector have stressed balance sheet and
causes halting of the investmentled development process.
• NPAs related cases add more pressure to already pending cases with
the judiciary.
What are the various steps taken to tackle NPAs?
NPAs story is not new in India and there have been several steps taken by
the GOI on legal, financial, policy level reforms. In the year 1991,
Narsimham committee recommended many reforms to tackle NPAs.
Some of them were implemented.
The Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) – 1993
To decrease the time required for settling cases. They are governed by
the provisions of the Recovery of Debt Due to Banks and Financial
Institutions Act, 1993. However, their number is not sufficient therefore
they also suffer from time lag and cases are pending for more than 2-3
years in many areas.
Credit Information Bureau – 2000
A good information system is required to prevent loan falling into bad
hands and therefore prevention of NPAs. It helps banks by maintaining
and sharing data of individual defaulters and willful defaulters.
Lok Adalats – 2001
They are helpful in tackling and recovery of small loans however they
are limited up to 5 lakh rupees loans only by the RBI guidelines issued
in 2001. They are positive in the sense that they avoid more cases into
the legal system.
Compromise Settlement – 2001
It provides a simple mechanism for recovery of NPA for the advances
below Rs. 10 Crores. It covers lawsuits with courts and DRTs (Debt
Recovery Tribunals) however wilful default and fraud cases are
excluded.
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NON PERFORMING ASSETS PPT NPA IN BANKING AND ACCOUNTING

  • 1.
    PRSENTED BY: NISHASAINI 3 TIMES UGC NET QUALIFIED POST GRADUCATE EDUCATOR AT JRF NISHA INSIGHTS YOUTUBE CHANNEL
  • 2.
    Non-Performing Assets (NPA):How serious is India’s bad loan problem?
  • 3.
    When the borrowerstops paying interest or principal on a loan, the lender will lose money. Such a loan is known as Non-Performing Asset (NPA). Indian Banking industry is seriously affected by Non-Performing Assets.
  • 4.
    What is aNon-Performing Asset (NPA)? • You may note that for a bank, the loans given by the bank is considered as its assets. So if the principle or the interest or both the components of a loan is not being serviced to the lender (bank), then it would be considered as a Non-Performing Asset (NPA).
  • 5.
    • Any assetwhich stops giving returns to its investors for a specified period of time is known as Non-Performing Asset (NPA). • Generally, that specified period of time is 90 days in most of the countries and across the various lending institutions. However, it is not a thumb rule and it may vary with the terms and conditions agreed upon by the financial institution and the borrower.
  • 6.
    An example ofNPA: Suppose the State Bank of India (SBI) gives a loan of Rs. 10 crores to a company (Eg: Kingfisher Airlines). Consider that they agreed upon for an interest rate of say 10% per annum. Now suppose that initially everything was good and the market forces were working in support to the airline industry, therefore, Kingfisher was able to service the interest amount.
  • 7.
    Later, due toadministrative, technical or corporate reasons suppose the company is not able to pay the interest rates for 90 days. In that case, a loan given to the Kingfisher Airlines is a good case for the consideration as NPA. NPAs definition by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) An asset, including a leased asset, becomes non performing when it ceases to generate income for the bank.
  • 8.
    Technical definition byRBI on NPA on different cases NPA is a loan or an advance where… • Interest and/ or instalment of principal remain overdue for a period of more than 90 days in respect of a term loan. • The account remains ‘out of order’ in respect of an Overdraft/Cash Credit (OD/CC). • The bill remains overdue for a period of more than 90 days in the case of bills purchased and discounted.
  • 9.
    • The instalmentof principal or interest thereon remains overdue for two crop seasons for short duration crops. • The instalment of principal or interest thereon remains overdue for one crop season for long duration crops. • The amount of liquidity facility remains outstanding for more than 90 days, in respect of a securitisation transaction undertaken in terms of guidelines on securitisation dated February 1, 2006.
  • 10.
    • In respectof derivative transactions, the overdue receivables representing positive mark-to-market value of a derivative contract, if these remain unpaid for a period of 90 days from the specified due date for payment.
  • 11.
    Categories of Non-PerformingAssets (NPAs) Based upon the period to which a loan has remained as NPA, it is classified into 3 types:
  • 13.
    How serious isIndia’s NPA issue?
  • 14.
    • More thanRs. 7 lakh crore worth loans are classified as Non-Performing Loans in India. This is a huge amount. • The figure roughly translates to near 10% of all loans given. • This means that about 10% of loans are never paid back, resulting in substantial loss of money to the banks. • When restructured and unrecognised assets are added the total stress would be 15-20% of total loans.
  • 15.
    • NPA crisisin India is set to worsen. • Restructuring norms are being misused. • This bad performance is not a good sign and can result in crashing of banks as happened in the sub-prime crisis of 2008 in the United States of America. • Also, the NPA problem in India is worst when comparing other emerging economies in BRICS.
  • 17.
    What can bethe possible reasons for NPAs? • Diversification of funds to unrelated business/fraud. • Lapses due to diligence. • Business losses due to changes in business/regulatory environment.
  • 18.
    Lack of morale,particularly after government schemes which had written off loans. • Global, regional or national financial crisis which results in erosion of margins and profits of companies, therefore, stressing their balance sheet which finally results into non- servicing of interest and loan payments. (For example, the 2008 global financial crisis).
  • 19.
    • The generalslowdown of entire economy for example after 2011 there was a slowdown in the Indian economy which resulted in the faster growth of NPAs.
  • 20.
    • The slowdownin a specific industrial segment, therefore, companies in that area bear the heat and some may become NPAs. • Unplanned expansion of corporate houses during the boom period and loan taken at low rates later being serviced at high rates, therefore, resulting in NPAs. • Due to mal-administration by the corporates, for example, willful defaulters.
  • 21.
    Due to misgovernance and policy paralysis which hampers the timeline and speed of projects, therefore, loans become NPAs. For example the Infrastructure Sector.
  • 22.
    • Delay inland acquisition due to social, political, cultural and environmental reasons. • A bad lending practice which is a non-transparent way of giving loans. • Due to natural reasons such as floods, droughts, disease outbreak, earthquakes, tsunami etc. • Cheap import due to dumping leads to business loss of domestic companies. For example the Steel sector in India.
  • 23.
    What is theimpact of NPAs? Lenders suffer a lowering of profit margins. • Stress in banking sector causes less money available to fund other projects, therefore, negative impact on the larger national economy. • Higher interest rates by the banks to maintain the profit margin. • Redirecting funds from the good projects to the bad ones.
  • 24.
    • As investmentsgot stuck, it may result in it may result in unemployment. • In the case of public sector banks, the bad health of banks means a bad return for a shareholder which means that the government of India gets less money as a dividend. Therefore it may impact easy deployment of money for social and infrastructure development and results in social and political cost.
  • 25.
    • Investors donot get rightful returns. • Balance sheet syndrome of Indian characteristics that is both the banks and the corporate sector have stressed balance sheet and causes halting of the investmentled development process. • NPAs related cases add more pressure to already pending cases with the judiciary.
  • 26.
    What are thevarious steps taken to tackle NPAs? NPAs story is not new in India and there have been several steps taken by the GOI on legal, financial, policy level reforms. In the year 1991, Narsimham committee recommended many reforms to tackle NPAs. Some of them were implemented.
  • 27.
    The Debt RecoveryTribunals (DRTs) – 1993 To decrease the time required for settling cases. They are governed by the provisions of the Recovery of Debt Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993. However, their number is not sufficient therefore they also suffer from time lag and cases are pending for more than 2-3 years in many areas.
  • 28.
    Credit Information Bureau– 2000 A good information system is required to prevent loan falling into bad hands and therefore prevention of NPAs. It helps banks by maintaining and sharing data of individual defaulters and willful defaulters.
  • 29.
    Lok Adalats –2001 They are helpful in tackling and recovery of small loans however they are limited up to 5 lakh rupees loans only by the RBI guidelines issued in 2001. They are positive in the sense that they avoid more cases into the legal system.
  • 30.
    Compromise Settlement –2001 It provides a simple mechanism for recovery of NPA for the advances below Rs. 10 Crores. It covers lawsuits with courts and DRTs (Debt Recovery Tribunals) however wilful default and fraud cases are excluded.
  • 31.