International Research Journal       ISSN-0975-3486        VOL. I * ISSUE—3 &4         RNI : RAJBIL/2009/30097

                                     Research Paper—Commerce
                                        A STUDY OF NPAs IN
                                      NATIONALISED BANKS OF
                                         MADHYA PRADESH
                           [IN REFERENCE OF PRIORITY SECTOR]

 Dec.-09—Jan.-2010                     *Dr. A. C. Jain **Dr. Deepti Bhuria
          * Department of Commerce , Govt. Arts and Commerce College, Sagar.
                  ** Guest Lecturer, Sir Hari Singh Gour College, Sagar
In 1969 and 1980 India's commercial banks were taken        Priority Sector. Priority sectors are identified by
over by the government through successive phases            National Credit council.6
of nationalization. The banking sector reforms have         Agriculture Sector:
been in progress as a part of economic reforms initiated         About 71% of India's population depends on
in the year 1991.1 Post nationalization scenario reveals    agriculture. Till 1968 agriculture advances were granted
that the banking facilities have reached to the middle      by the Co-operative System in the country.7 Under
and lower income classes. The major objective of            agriculture sector, loans are divided in two. Direct
nationalization was not only to spread a network of         Agriculture Credit includes those type of loans which
branches of banks but also to increase the number of        are accepted by the bank directly to the farmer i.e.
deposit and loan accounts. Currently the recovery of        credit for seeds , pesticides, improving irrigation
loans and advances is the major problem in banking          potential, purchase of machinery, special farming
industry. Loans and advances have seven fundamental         activities-dairy, poultry, etc.8 In Indirect Agriculture
principles 1.Safety 2.Liquidity 3.Profitability 4.Purpose   Credit loan facilities are provided by banks through
5.Security 6.Spread of risk 7.National policies.2 If the    intermediaries i.e. PACs, FSS, LAMPS, sugar factories,
loan given by the bank to the borrower has not been         finance to State Electricity Board for energisation of
recovered in particular number of days it is called Non     wells etc. Position of NPAs in agriculture sector of
Performing Assets. An asset is "Non-performing" if          Madhya Pradesh has been shown in table 1.
interest or installments of principal due remain unpaid      Table 1 NPAs of agriculture in nationalized banks
for more than 180 days.4 'Substandard' assets are those                        of Madhya Pradesh
where principal and/or interest are more than 90 days                                                (Am. in lakhs)
past due; 'Doubtful' assets are those where principal
                                                              Year          Substd    Doubtful Loss      total
and/or interest are at least 180 days past due; and
'Loss' assets are those where principal and/or interest       31.03.2005    6855      19150     4245     30250
are at least 1 year past due. The standard requirements       31.03.2006    7610      23609     3732     34951
of provisioning - 20 percent of in respect of                 31.03.2007    10647     20754     3774     35175
'substandard' category; 50 percent in respect of              31.03.2008    12681     27016     3929     43626
'doubtful' category; and 100 percent in respect of 'loss'     total         37793     90529     15680    144002
category.5
Priority Sector :-
                                                            (Source: Lead bank,Regional office, Central Bank
     The loans accepted by banks have been divided
                                                            of India, p.70, 95, 53&59)
into different categories and some of them are called
                                                                 Table 1 shows that the total amount of NPAs
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between 31st March 2005 and 31st March 2008 was                       Table 3 NPAs of OPS in nationalized banks of
1440 crore.                                                                        Madhya Pradesh
     SME Sector:- During the time of economic reforms                                             (Am. in lakhs)
Small Scale Industry (SSI) sector was engaged for the
                                                                     Year          Sub -std   Doubtful   Loss     total
manufacture and preservation of goods. As a revision
                                                                     31.03.2005    10799      17550      3826     32175
of SSI the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise
                                                                     31.03.2006    11640      12759      4109     28508
Development (MSMED) act 2006 was passed on June
                                                                     31.03.2007    17622      20997      4784     43403
16, 2006. This act came into force from 2nd October
                                                                     31.03.2008    12240      19906      4445     36591
2006.9 SME includes software, textile, plant &
                                                                     total         52301      71212      17164    140677
machinery pharmaceutical, garments, vehicle servicing
etc. NPAs of SME in Madhya Pradesh has been shown                 (Source: Lead Bank, Regional Office,Central Bank of
in the following table :                                          India, p.70,95,53&59)
      Table 2 .NPAs of SME in nationalized banks of                    According to table 3 it is seen that the large
                   Madhya Pradesh                                 amount of 171.64 crore loss assets were the highest in
                                       (Am. in lakhs)             OPS, as compared to Agriculture and SME sectors.
                                                                  The total amount of NPAs between 31st March 2005
    Year          Sub -std   Doubtful   Loss      total
                                                                  and 31st March 2008 was 1406.77 crore. In OPS
    31.03.2005    2246       12678      2178      17102           Doubtful assets were 50.62 % of total NPA and the
    31.03.2006    3134       22707      1856      27697           rest 50% includes Substandard and Loss assets. NPA
    31.03.2007    4544       13065      1257      18866           Management policies have identified the causes for
    31.03.2008    4900       12804      6220      23924           the occurrence of NPAs viz. lack of experience, disposal
    total         14824      61254      11511     87589           of recovery cases under the public Debt Recovery Act,
                                                                  non-settlement of claims by the corporation on flimsy
(Source: Lead Bank, Regional Office, Central Bank                 grounds, unrealistically ambitious targets under priority
of India, p.70,95,53&59)                                          sector landing, general slow-down in the economy,
     In SME sector the amount of Non-performing                   depressed capital markets, frequent adverse changes
assets was 875.89 crore between the financial Year                in the govt. These causes may be attributed to either
                                                                  the borrower itself i.e. improper borrower identification,
ended 2005 to 2009. In this period the highest NPAs
                                                                  willful defaults, financial diversion of funds, non-
were observed in 2006 which was 31.62% of total NPAs.             submission of requisite data, time/ cost overruns due
Other Priority Sector:-OPS includes all sectors apart             to delayed project etc 10 or may be correlated to the
from agriculture and SME sectors viz. retail traders,             banks i.e. non-compliance in terms of sanction,
professionals, housing finance, education etc. The                defective documentation, lack of information systems
position of non-performing assets in OPS has been                 amongst branches, over-stress on long relationships/
shown in table 3 :                                                family connections, etc.11 Management of assets is a
                                                                  very significant aspect, not only for improvement of
                                                                  bank's performance but also for very survival.
R E F E R E N C E                                    1.Mukherjee Kalyan: Asset Management: A Success Story, The Indian Banker,
                                                Indian Bank's Association (Nov 2006) p.10. 2.Subramanian G.: SBI Group
                                                Promotional Exams, Banking Guide, J.S. Institute of Banking and Careers,
Bangalore (1991), p.2-1-1. 3. IBA-Indian Banking Year Book, Indian Bank's Association ,2002 p.291. 4. A Comparative Study
of Non Performing Assets in India in the Global context - similarities and dissimilarities, remedial measures, A paper by
Prashanth K Reddy (Oct 2002), p.1. 5. Treatment of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) in macroeconomic statistics V.
Subrahmanyam, (May 16, 2003), p.2. 6. Priority sector advances : Everlatest in banking, State Bank of India Officers
Association, Bhopal Circle, Diwakar Publishers & Publishers,(2001) p.7-152. 7. Subramanian G.: SBI Group Promotional
Exams, Banking Guide, J.S. Institute of Banking and Careers, Bangalore (1991), p.2-11-1. 8. Agri. advances : Everlatest in
banking, state bank of India officers association, Bhopal Circle, Diwakar Publishers & Publishers (2001) , p.7-243. 9. Mehrotra
Anupam : SME financing ,Will Basel-II impact it?, The Indian Banker, Indian Bank's Association (July 2007) p.10. 10. Causes
of NPA , A. T. Pannirselvam Committee findings, (May 2007), p.1. 11. Causes of NPA , A .T. Pannirselvam Committee
findings, (May 2007), p.2.

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RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION

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    International Research Journal ISSN-0975-3486 VOL. I * ISSUE—3 &4 RNI : RAJBIL/2009/30097 Research Paper—Commerce A STUDY OF NPAs IN NATIONALISED BANKS OF MADHYA PRADESH [IN REFERENCE OF PRIORITY SECTOR] Dec.-09—Jan.-2010 *Dr. A. C. Jain **Dr. Deepti Bhuria * Department of Commerce , Govt. Arts and Commerce College, Sagar. ** Guest Lecturer, Sir Hari Singh Gour College, Sagar In 1969 and 1980 India's commercial banks were taken Priority Sector. Priority sectors are identified by over by the government through successive phases National Credit council.6 of nationalization. The banking sector reforms have Agriculture Sector: been in progress as a part of economic reforms initiated About 71% of India's population depends on in the year 1991.1 Post nationalization scenario reveals agriculture. Till 1968 agriculture advances were granted that the banking facilities have reached to the middle by the Co-operative System in the country.7 Under and lower income classes. The major objective of agriculture sector, loans are divided in two. Direct nationalization was not only to spread a network of Agriculture Credit includes those type of loans which branches of banks but also to increase the number of are accepted by the bank directly to the farmer i.e. deposit and loan accounts. Currently the recovery of credit for seeds , pesticides, improving irrigation loans and advances is the major problem in banking potential, purchase of machinery, special farming industry. Loans and advances have seven fundamental activities-dairy, poultry, etc.8 In Indirect Agriculture principles 1.Safety 2.Liquidity 3.Profitability 4.Purpose Credit loan facilities are provided by banks through 5.Security 6.Spread of risk 7.National policies.2 If the intermediaries i.e. PACs, FSS, LAMPS, sugar factories, loan given by the bank to the borrower has not been finance to State Electricity Board for energisation of recovered in particular number of days it is called Non wells etc. Position of NPAs in agriculture sector of Performing Assets. An asset is "Non-performing" if Madhya Pradesh has been shown in table 1. interest or installments of principal due remain unpaid Table 1 NPAs of agriculture in nationalized banks for more than 180 days.4 'Substandard' assets are those of Madhya Pradesh where principal and/or interest are more than 90 days (Am. in lakhs) past due; 'Doubtful' assets are those where principal Year Substd Doubtful Loss total and/or interest are at least 180 days past due; and 'Loss' assets are those where principal and/or interest 31.03.2005 6855 19150 4245 30250 are at least 1 year past due. The standard requirements 31.03.2006 7610 23609 3732 34951 of provisioning - 20 percent of in respect of 31.03.2007 10647 20754 3774 35175 'substandard' category; 50 percent in respect of 31.03.2008 12681 27016 3929 43626 'doubtful' category; and 100 percent in respect of 'loss' total 37793 90529 15680 144002 category.5 Priority Sector :- (Source: Lead bank,Regional office, Central Bank The loans accepted by banks have been divided of India, p.70, 95, 53&59) into different categories and some of them are called Table 1 shows that the total amount of NPAs 76
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    International Research Journal ISSN-0975-3486 VOL. I * ISSUE—3&4 RNI : RAJBIL/2009/30097 between 31st March 2005 and 31st March 2008 was Table 3 NPAs of OPS in nationalized banks of 1440 crore. Madhya Pradesh SME Sector:- During the time of economic reforms (Am. in lakhs) Small Scale Industry (SSI) sector was engaged for the Year Sub -std Doubtful Loss total manufacture and preservation of goods. As a revision 31.03.2005 10799 17550 3826 32175 of SSI the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise 31.03.2006 11640 12759 4109 28508 Development (MSMED) act 2006 was passed on June 31.03.2007 17622 20997 4784 43403 16, 2006. This act came into force from 2nd October 31.03.2008 12240 19906 4445 36591 2006.9 SME includes software, textile, plant & total 52301 71212 17164 140677 machinery pharmaceutical, garments, vehicle servicing etc. NPAs of SME in Madhya Pradesh has been shown (Source: Lead Bank, Regional Office,Central Bank of in the following table : India, p.70,95,53&59) Table 2 .NPAs of SME in nationalized banks of According to table 3 it is seen that the large Madhya Pradesh amount of 171.64 crore loss assets were the highest in (Am. in lakhs) OPS, as compared to Agriculture and SME sectors. The total amount of NPAs between 31st March 2005 Year Sub -std Doubtful Loss total and 31st March 2008 was 1406.77 crore. In OPS 31.03.2005 2246 12678 2178 17102 Doubtful assets were 50.62 % of total NPA and the 31.03.2006 3134 22707 1856 27697 rest 50% includes Substandard and Loss assets. NPA 31.03.2007 4544 13065 1257 18866 Management policies have identified the causes for 31.03.2008 4900 12804 6220 23924 the occurrence of NPAs viz. lack of experience, disposal total 14824 61254 11511 87589 of recovery cases under the public Debt Recovery Act, non-settlement of claims by the corporation on flimsy (Source: Lead Bank, Regional Office, Central Bank grounds, unrealistically ambitious targets under priority of India, p.70,95,53&59) sector landing, general slow-down in the economy, In SME sector the amount of Non-performing depressed capital markets, frequent adverse changes assets was 875.89 crore between the financial Year in the govt. These causes may be attributed to either the borrower itself i.e. improper borrower identification, ended 2005 to 2009. In this period the highest NPAs willful defaults, financial diversion of funds, non- were observed in 2006 which was 31.62% of total NPAs. submission of requisite data, time/ cost overruns due Other Priority Sector:-OPS includes all sectors apart to delayed project etc 10 or may be correlated to the from agriculture and SME sectors viz. retail traders, banks i.e. non-compliance in terms of sanction, professionals, housing finance, education etc. The defective documentation, lack of information systems position of non-performing assets in OPS has been amongst branches, over-stress on long relationships/ shown in table 3 : family connections, etc.11 Management of assets is a very significant aspect, not only for improvement of bank's performance but also for very survival. R E F E R E N C E 1.Mukherjee Kalyan: Asset Management: A Success Story, The Indian Banker, Indian Bank's Association (Nov 2006) p.10. 2.Subramanian G.: SBI Group Promotional Exams, Banking Guide, J.S. Institute of Banking and Careers, Bangalore (1991), p.2-1-1. 3. IBA-Indian Banking Year Book, Indian Bank's Association ,2002 p.291. 4. A Comparative Study of Non Performing Assets in India in the Global context - similarities and dissimilarities, remedial measures, A paper by Prashanth K Reddy (Oct 2002), p.1. 5. Treatment of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) in macroeconomic statistics V. Subrahmanyam, (May 16, 2003), p.2. 6. Priority sector advances : Everlatest in banking, State Bank of India Officers Association, Bhopal Circle, Diwakar Publishers & Publishers,(2001) p.7-152. 7. Subramanian G.: SBI Group Promotional Exams, Banking Guide, J.S. Institute of Banking and Careers, Bangalore (1991), p.2-11-1. 8. Agri. advances : Everlatest in banking, state bank of India officers association, Bhopal Circle, Diwakar Publishers & Publishers (2001) , p.7-243. 9. Mehrotra Anupam : SME financing ,Will Basel-II impact it?, The Indian Banker, Indian Bank's Association (July 2007) p.10. 10. Causes of NPA , A. T. Pannirselvam Committee findings, (May 2007), p.1. 11. Causes of NPA , A .T. Pannirselvam Committee findings, (May 2007), p.2. çÚUâ¿ü °ÙæçÜçââ °‡ÇU §ßñËØé°àæÙ 77