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A

PROJECT REPORT

ON

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON

NON PERFORMING ASSETS

OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR

BANKS

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF

REQUIRMENT OF PG PROGRAME

Institute of business management and

research

Ahmadabad

SUBMITTED BY:

JIGAR J. SONI ( 5 )

Session: 2007-

2009

[Comparative analysis on NPA of Private & Public sector Banks]



A

PROJECT REPORT

ON



OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR

BANKS

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF

REQUIRMENT OF PG PROGRAME

Institute of business management and

research

Ahmadabad

SUBMITTED BY:

JIGAR J. SONI ( 5 )

[Comparative analysis on NPA of Private & Public sector Banks]Page 2



Session: 2007-2009




ANNEXURE –A (COVER PAGE)

IBMR- INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMNT &

RESEARCH

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Project title:



OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

By:

Jigar J. Soni

Nirav N. Gusai

A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the

requirement for the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION of SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, INDIA.

Sikkim –Manipal university of Health, Medical and technological

Sciences

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We here by declare that the project report entitled

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON NON PERFORMING ASSETS OF

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS submitted in partial

fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of masters of

business Administration to Sikkim-Manipal University, India, are

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON NON PERFORMING

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ANALYSIS ON NON PERFORMING ASSETS OF PRIVATE AND

PUBLIC SECTORS BANKS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the

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ADMINISTRATION of SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY of Health,

Medical and Technological science.

Jigar Soni and Nirav Gusai has worked under my

supervision and that no part of this report has been submitted for

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similar titles or prizes and that the work has been published in

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With a deep sense of gratitude I express we thanks to all those who have been instrum ental in the development of the project report.

I am also grateful to Institute of Business Management And Research,

Ahmedabad who gave me a valuable opportunity of involving me in real

live business project. I am thankful to all the professors whose positive

attitude, guidance and faith in m y ability spurred me to perform well.

I am also indebted to all lecturers, friends and associates for their valuableadvice, stimulated suggestions and overwhelming support without which

the project would not have been a success.




INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

The accumulation of huge non-performing assets in banks hasThe accumulation of huge non-perform ing assets in banks has

assumed great importance. The depth of the problem of bad debts wasassumed great importance. The depth of the problem of bad debts was

first realized only in early 1990s. The magnitude of NPAs in banks andfirst realized only in early 1990s. The magnitude of NPAs in banks and

financial institutions is over Rs.1,50,000 crores.financial institutions is over Rs.1,50,000 crores.

While gross NPA reflects the quality of the loans made byWhile gross NPA reflects the quality of the loans made by

banks, net NPA shows the actual burden of banks. Now it is increasingly banks, net NPA shows the actual burden of banks. Now it is increasingly

evident that the major defaulters are the big borrowers coming from theevident that the major defaulters are the big borrowers coming from the

non-priority sector. The banks and financial institutions have to take thenon-priority sector. The banks and financial institutions have to take the

initiative to reduce NPAs in a time bound strategic approach.initiative to reduce NPAs in a time bound strategic approach.

Public sector banks figure prominently in the debate not onlyPublic sector banks figure prominently in the debate not only

because they dominate the banking industries, but also since they have because they dominate the banking industries, but also since they have

much larger NPAs compared with the private sector banks. This raises amuch larger NPAs com pared with the private sector banks. This raises a

concern in the industr y and academ ia because it is generally felt thatconcern in the industry and academia because it is generally felt that

NPAs reduce the profitability of a banks, weaken its financial health and NPAs reduce the profitability of a banks, weaken its financial health and

erode its solvency.erode its solvency.

For the recover y of NPAs a broad framework has evolved for For the recovery of NPAs a broad framework has evolved for

the management of NPAs under which several options are provided for the management of NPAs under which several options are provided for

debt recovery and restructuring. Banks and FIs have the freedom todebt recover y and restructuring. Banks and FIs have the freedom to

design and implement their own policies for recover y and write-off design and implement their own policies for recovery and write-off

incorporating compromise and negotiated settlem ents.incorporating com promise and negotiated settlements.




RESEARCH METHODOLOGYRESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Type of Research

The research methodology adopted for carrying out the

study were

In this project Descriptive research methodologies were use.

At the first stage theoretical study is attempted.

At the second stage Historical study is attempted.

At the Third stage Comp arative study of NPA is undertaken.

Scope of the StudyScope of the Study

Concept of Non Perform ing Asset

Guidelines

Impact of NPAs

Reasons for NPAs

Preventive Measures

Tools to manage NPAs

Sampling plan

To prepare this Project we took five banks from public sector as well as

five banks from private sector.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDYThe basic idea behind undertaking the Grand Project on NPA wasto:

To evaluate NPAs (Gross and Net) in different banks.




To study the past trends of NPA

To calculate the weighted of NPA in risk management in Banking

To analyze financial perform ance of banks at different level of NPA

To evaluate profitability positions of banks

To evaluate NPA level in different economic situation.

To Know the Concept of Non Performing Asset

To Know the Impact of NPAs

To Know the Reasons for NPAs

To learn Preventive Measures

Source of data collection

The data collected for the study was secondary data in Nature.




)))(( CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGECHAPTER SUBJECT COVERED PAGE

NO. NO.NO. NO.

11 Introduction to NPAs

2 Research Methodology

Scope of ResearchSc

Type of Research

Sources of Data Collection

Objective of Study

Data Collection3 Introduction to Topic3

Definition

History of Indian Banking

Non Performing Assets

Factor for rise in NPAs

Problem due to NPAs

Types of NPAs

Income Recognition

Reporting of NPAs4 Provisioning NormsPrsioning Norms

General

Floating provisions

Leased Assets

Guideline under special circumstances5 Impact, Reasons and Symptoms of NPAs5

Internal & External Factor

Early Symptoms66 Preventive Measurement

Early Recognition of Problem

Identifying Borrowers with genuine Intent




Timeliness

Focus on Cash flow

Management Effectiveness

Multiple Financing7 Tools for RecoveryTools for Recovery7

Willful default

Inability to Pay

Special Cases

Role of ARCIL8 AnalysisAnalysis

Deposit- Investment-Advances

Gross NPAs and Net NPAs

Non-Priority Sector 9 Finding, Suggestions and Conclusions9

10 BibliographyBibliography




Introduction to the topicIntroduction to the topic

The three letters哲PA_ Strike terror in banking sector and business circle

today. NPA is short form of 哲on Performing Asset_. The dreaded NPA rule

says simply this: when interest or other due to a bank remains unpaid for

more than 90 days, the entire bank loan automatically turns a non

performing asset. The recovery of loan has always been problem for

banks and financial institution. To come out of these first we need to think

is it possible to avoid NPA, no can not be then left is to look after the factor

responsible for it and managing those factors.

Definitions:Definitions:

An asset, including a leased asset, becomes non-performing when it

ceases to generate income for the bank.

A ‘non-performing asset’ (NPA) was defined as a credit facility in respect of which the interest and/ or instalment of principal has remained ‘past due’

for a specified period of time.

With a view to moving towards international best practices and to ensure

greater transparency, it has been decided to adopt the ‘90 days’ overdue’

norm for identification of NPAs, from the year ending

March 31, 2004.

Accordingly, with effect from March 31, 2004, anon-performing asset

(NPA) shall be a loan or an advance where;


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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 ’ for a period of more than 90days, 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,

Interest and/or instalment of principal remains overdue for two

harvest seasons but for a period not exceeding two half years

in the case of an advance granted for agricultural purposes,and

Any amount to be received remains overdue for a period of

more than 90 days in respect of other accounts.

As a facilitating measure for smooth transition to 90 days norm,

banks have been advised to move over to charging of interest at monthly

rests, by April 1, 2002. However, the date of classification of an advanceas NPA should not be changed on account of charging of interest at

monthly rests. Banks should, therefore, continue to classify an account as

NPA only if the interest charged during any quarter is not serviced fully

within 180 days from the end of the quarter with effect from April 1, 2002

and 90 days from the end of the quarter with effect from March 31, 2004.




HISTORY OF INDIAN BANKING

A bank is a financial institution that provides banking and other financial

services. By the term bank is generally understood an institution that

holds a Banking Licenses. Banking licenses are granted by financial

supervision authorities and provide rights to conduct the most fundamental

banking services such as accepting deposits and making loans. There are

also financial institutions that provide certain banking services without

meeting the legal definition of a bank, a so-called Non-bank. Banks are a

subset of the financial services industry.

The word bank is derived from the Italian banca, which is derived from

German and means bench. The terms bankrupt and "broke" are similarly

derived from banca rotta, which refers to an out of business bank, having

its bench physically broken. Moneylenders in Northern Italy originally did

business in open areas, or big open rooms, with each lender working from

his own bench or table.

Typically, a bank generates profits from transaction fees on financial

services or the interest spread on resources it holds in trust for clients

while paying them interest on the asset. Development of banking industry

in India followed below stated steps.

Banking in India has its origin as early as the Vedic period. It is

believed that the transition from money lending to banking must

have occurred even before Manu, the great Hindu Jurist, who has

devoted a section of his work to deposits and advances and laid

down rules relating to rates of interest.




Banking in India has an early origin where the indigenous bankers

played a very important role in lending money and financing foreign

trade and commerce. During the days of the East India Company,

was the turn of the agency houses to carry on the banking

business. The General Bank of India was first Joint Stock Bank to

be established in the year 1786. The others which followed were

the Bank Hindustan and the Bengal Bank.

In the first half of the 19th century the East India Companyestablished three banks; the Bank of Bengal in 1809, the Bank of

Bombay in 1840 and the Bank of Madras in 1843. These three

banks also known as Presidency banks were amalgamated in 1920

and a new bank, the Imperial Bank of India was established in

1921. With the passing of the State Bank of India Act in 1955 the

undertaking of the Imperial Bank of India was taken by the newly

constituted State Bank of India.

The Reserve Bank of India which is the Central Bank was created

in 1935 by passing Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 which was

followed up with the Banking Regulations in 1949. These acts

bestowed Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with wide ranging powers for

licensing, supervision and control of banks. Considering the

proliferation of weak banks, RBI compulsorily merged many of them

with stronger banks in 1969.

The three decades after nationalization saw a phenomenal

expansion in the geographical coverage and financial spread of the




banking system in the country. As certain rigidities and weaknesses

were found to have developed in the system, during the late

eighties the Government of India felt that these had to be

addressed to enable the financial system to play its role in ushering

in a more efficient and competitive economy. Accordingly, a high-

level committee was set up on 14 August 1991 to examine allaspects relating to the structure, organization, functions and

procedures of the financial system. Based on the recommendations

of the Committee (Chairman: Shri M. Narasimham), a

comprehensive reform of the banking system was introduced in

1992-93. The objective of the reform measures was to ensure that

the balance sheets of banks reflected their actual financial health.

One of the important measures related to income recognition, asset

classification and provisioning by banks, on the basis of objective

criteria was laid down by the Reserve Bank. The introduction of

capital adequacy norms in line with international standards has

been another important measure of the reforms process.

1. Comprises balance of expired loans, compensation and other

bonds such as National Rural Development Bonds and CapitalInvestment Bonds. Annuity certificates are excluded.

2. These represent mainly non- negotiable non- interest bearing

securities issued to International Financial Institutions like

International Monetary Fund, International Bank for

Reconstruction and Development and Asian Development Bank.

3. At book value.

4. Comprises accruals under Small Savings Scheme, Provident

Funds, Special Deposits of Non- Government

In the post- nationalization era, no new private sector banks were

allowed to be set up. However, in 1993, in recognition of the need




to introduce greater competition which could lead to higher

productivity and efficiency of the banking system, new private

sector banks were allowed to be set up in the Indian banking

system. These new banks had to satisfy among others, the

following minimum requirements:

(i) It should be registered as a public limited company;

(ii) The minimum paid-up capital should be Rs 100 crore;

(iii) The shares should be listed on the stock exchange;

(iv) The headquarters of the bank should be preferably located

in a centre which does not have the headquarters of any

other bank; and

(v) The bank will be subject to prudential norms in respect of

banking operations, accounting and other policies as laid

down by the RBI. It will have to achieve capital adequacy

of eight per cent from the very beginning.

A high level Committee, under the Chairmanship of Shri M.

Narasimham, was constituted by the Government of India in

December 1997 to review the record of implementation of financial

system reforms recommended by the CFS in 1991 and chart the

reforms necessar y in the years ahead to make the banking system

stronger and better equipped to compete effectively in international

economic environment. The Committee has submitted its report to

the Government in April 1998. Some of the recommendations of the

Committee, on prudential accounting norms, particularly in the

areas of Capital Adequacy Ratio, Classification of Government

guaranteed advances, provisioning requirements on standard

advances and more disclosures in the Balance Sheets of banks

have been accepted and implemented. The other

recommendations are under consideration.




The banking industr y in India is in a midst of transformation, thanks

to the economic liberalization of the country, which has changed

business environment in the country. During the pre-liberalization period, the industry was merely focusing on deposit mobilization

and branch expansion. But with liberalization, it found many of its

advances under the non-performing assets (NPA) list. More

importantly, the sector has become very competitive with the entry

of many foreign and private sector banks. The face of banking is

changing rapidly. There is no doubt that banking sector reforms

have improved the profitability, productivity and efficiency of banks,

but in the days ahead banks will have to prepare themselves to

face new challenges.

Indian Banking: Key Developments

1969 Government acquires ownership in major banks

Almost all banking operations in manual mode

Some banks had Unit record Machines of IB M for IBR &

Pay roll1970- 1980 Unprecedented expansion in geographical coverage, staff,

business & transaction volumes and directed lending to

agriculture, SSI & SB sector

Manual systems struggle to handle exponential rise in

transaction volumes --

Outsourcing of data processing to service bureau begins

Back office systems only in Multinational (MNC) banks'

offices




1981- 1990 Regulator (read RBI) led IT introduction in Banks

Product level automation on stand alone PCs at branches

(ALPMs)

In-house EDP infrastructure with Unix boxes, batch processing in Cobol for MIS.

Mainframes in corporate office

1991-1995 Expansion slows down

Banking sector reforms resulting in progressive de-

regulation of banking, introduction of prudential banking

norms entr y of new private sector banks

Total Branch Automation (TBA) in Govt. owned and old private banks begins

New private banks are set up with CBS/TBA form the start

1996-2000 New delivery channels like ATM, Phone banking and

Internet banking and convenience of any branch banking

and auto sweep products introduced by new private and

MNC banks

Retail banking in focus, proliferation of credit cardsCommunication infrastructure im proves and becomes

cheap. IDRBT sets up VSAT network for Banks

Govt. owned banks feel the heat and attempt to respond

using intermediary technology, TBA implementation surges

ahead under fiat from Central Vigilance

Commission (CVC), Y2K threat consumes last two years




2000-2003 Alternate delivery channels find wide consumer acceptance

IT Bill passed lending legal validity to electronic transactions

Govt. owned banks and old private banks start

implementing CBSs, but initial attempts face problems

Banks enter insurance business launch debit cards

(Source: M.Y.KHAN,的 NDIAN FINANCIAL SYSYEM_,3rd edition Publication

by TATA McGraw hill)




NON PERFORMING ASSETS (NPA)

WHAT IS A NPA (NON PERFORMING ASS ETS) ?

Action for enforcement of security interest can be initiated only if the

secured asset is classified as Nonperforming asset.

Non performing asset means an asset or account of borrower ,which has

been classified by bank or financial institution as sub –standard , doubtful

or loss asset, in accordance with the direction or guidelines relating to

assets classification issued by RBI .

An amount due under any credit facility is treated as菟ast due_ when it

is not been paid within 30 days from the due date. Due to the

improvement in the payment and settlement system, recovery climate, upgradation of technology in the banking system etc, it was decided to

dispense with 菟ast due 田oncept, with effect from March 31, 2001.

Accordingly as from that date, a Non performing asset shell be an

advance where

i. Interest and/or installment of principal rem ain overdue for a period

of more than 180 days in respect of a term loan,

ii. The account remains ‘out of order ‘ for a period of more than 180

days ,in respect of an overdraft/cash credit (OD/CC)

iii. The bill remains overdue for a period of more than 180 days in caseof bill purchased or discounted.

iv. Interest and/or principal remains overdue for two harvest season

but for a period not exceeding two half years in case of an advance

granted for agricultural purpose ,and

v. Any amount to be received remains overdue for a period of more

than 180 days in respect of other accounts

With a view to moving towards international best practices and to

ensure greater transparency, it has been decided to adopt ’90 days

overdue ‘norms for identification of NPAs ,from the year ending March

31,2004,a non performing asset shell be a loan or an advance where;




i. Interest and/or installment of principal remain overdue for a

period of more than 90 days in respect of a term loan,

ii. The account remains ‘out of order ‘ for a period of more than

90 days ,in respect of an overdraft/cash credit (OD/CC)

iii. The bill remains overdue for a period of more than 90 days

in case of bill purchased or discounted.

iv. Interest and/or principal remains overdue for two harvest

season but for a period not exceeding two half years in case

of an advance granted for agricultural purpose ,and

v. Any am ount to be received remains overdue for a period of

more than 90 days in respect of other accounts

Out of order

An account should be treated as out of order if the outstanding balance remains continuously in excess of sanctioned limit /drawing

power. in case where the out standing balance in the principal operating

account is less than the sanctioned amount /drawing power, but there are

no credits continuously for six months as on the date of balance sheet or

credit are not enough to cover the interest debited during the same

period ,these account should be treated as ‘out of order’.

Overdue

Any amount due to the bank under any credit facility is ‘overdue’ if itis not paid on due date fixed by the bank.

FACTORS FOR RISE IN NPAs

The banking sector has been facing the serious problems of therising NPAs. But the problem of NPAs is more in public sector banks

when compared to private sector banks and foreign banks. The NPAs in

PSB are growing due to external as well as internal factors.




EXTERNAL FACTORS :-----------------------------------

Ineffective recovery tribunal

The Govt. has set of numbers of recovery tribunals, which

works for recovery of loans and advances. Due to their negligence

and ineffectiveness in their work the bank suffers the consequence

of non-recover, their by reducing their profitability and liquidity.

Willful Defaults

There are borrowers who are able to payback loans but areintentionally withdrawing it. These groups of people should be

identified and proper measures should be taken in order to get back

the money extended to them as advances and loans.

Natural calamities

This is the measure factor, which is creating alarming rise in

NPAs of the PSBs. every now and then India is hit by major natural

calamities thus making the borrowers unable to pay back there

loans. Thus the bank has to make large amount of provisions in

order to compensate those loans, hence end up the fiscal with a

reduced profit.

Mainly ours farmers depends on rain fall for cropping. Due

to irregularities of rain fall the farmers are not to achieve the

production level thus they are not repaying the loans.

Industrial sickness




Improper project handling , ineffective management , lack of

adequate resources , lack of advance technology , day to day

changing govt. Policies give birth to industrial sickness. Hence the

banks that finance those industries ultimately end up with a low

recovery of their loans reducing their profit and liquidity.

Lack of demand

Entrepreneurs in India could not foresee their product demand and

starts production which ultimately piles up their product thus making

them unable to pay back the money they borrow to operate these

activities. The banks recover the amount by selling of their assets,

which covers a minimum label. Thus the banks record the nonrecovered part as NPAs and has to make provision for it.

Change on Govt. policies

With every new govt. banking sector gets new policies for its

operation. Thus it has to cope with the changing principles and

policies for the regulation of the rising of NPAs.

The fallout of handloom sector is continuing as most of the

weavers Co-operative societies have become defunct largely due

to withdrawal of state patronage. The rehabilitation plan worked out

by the Central government to revive the handloom sector has not

yet been implemented. So the over dues due to the handloom

sectors are becoming NPAs.

INTERNAL FACTORS :-

---------------------------------




Defective Lending process

There are three cardinal principles of bank lending that have been

followed by the commercial banks since long.

i. Principles of safety

ii. Principle of liquidity

iii. Principles of profitability

i. Principles of safety :-

By safety it means that the borrower is in a position to repay the

loan both principal and interest. The repayment of loan depends

upon the borrowers:

a. Capacity to pay

b. Willingness to pay

Capacity to pay depends upon:1. Tangible assets2. Success in business

Willingness to pay depends on:1. Character

2. Honest

3. Reputation of borrower




The banker should, there fore take utmost care in ensuring that the

enterprise or business for which a loan is sought is a sound one

and the borrower is capable of carrying it out successfully .he

should be a person of integrity and good character.

Inappropriate technology

Due to inappropriate technology and management informationsystem, market driven decisions on real time basis can not be

taken. Proper MIS and financial accounting system is not

implemented in the banks, which leads to poor credit collection,

thus NPA. All the branches of the bank should be computerized.

Improper SWOT analysis

The improper strength, weakness, opportunity and threat analysisis another reason for rise in NPAs. While providing unsecured

advances the banks depend more on the honesty, integrity, and

financial soundness and credit worthiness of the borrower.

• Banks should consider the borrowers own capital

investment.

• it should collect credit information of the borrowers from_

a. From bankers.




b. Enquiry from market/segment of trade, industr y,

business.

c. From external credit rating agencies.

• Analyze the balance sheet.

True picture of business will be revealed on analysis of

profit/loss a/c and balance sheet.

• Purpose of the loan

When bankers give loan, he should analyze the purpose of

the loan. To ensure safety and liquidity, banks should grant

loan for productive purpose only. Bank should analyze the

profitability, viability, long term acceptability of the project

while financing.

Poor credit appraisal system

Poor credit appraisal is another factor for the rise in NPAs. Due to

poor credit appraisal the bank gives advances to those who are not

able to repay it back. They should use good credit appraisal to

decrease the NPAs.

Managerial deficiencies




The banker should always select the borrower very carefully and

should take tangible assets as security to safe guard its interests.

When accepting securities banks should consider the_

1. Marketability

2. Acceptability

3. Safety

4. Transferability.

The banker should follow the principle of diversification of

risk based on the famous maxim電o not keep all the eggs in one basket_; it means that the banker should not grant advances to a

few big farms only or to concentrate them in few industries or in a

few cities. If a new big custom er meets misfortune or certain traders

or industries affected adversely, the overall position of the bank will

not be affected.

Like OSCB suffered loss due to the OTM Cuttack, and

Orissa hand loom industries. The biggest defaulters of OSCB are

the OTM (117.77lakhs), and the handloom sector Orissa hand loomWCS ltd (2439.60lakhs).

Absence of regular industrial visit

The irregularities in spot visit also increases the NPAs. Absence

of regularly visit of bank officials to the customer point decreases

the collection of interest and principals on the loan. The NPAs due

to willful defaulters can be collected by regular visits.

Re loaning process




Non remittance of recoveries to higher financing agencies and re

loaning of the same have already affected the smooth operation of

the credit cycle.

Due to re loaning to the defaulters and CCBs and PACs, the NPAs

of OSCB is increasing day by day.

PROBLEMS DUE TO NPA

1. Owners do not receive a market return on there capital .in the worst

case, if the banks fails, owners loose their assets. In modern times

this may affect a broad pool of shareholders.

2. Depositors do not receive a market return on saving. In the worst

case if the bank fails, depositors loose their assets or uninsured

balance.

3. Banks redistribute losses to other borrowers by charging higher

interest rates, lower deposit rates and higher lending rates repress

saving and financial market, which hamper economic growth.

4. Non performing loans epitomize bad investment. They misallocate

credit from good projects, which do not receive funding, to failed

projects. Bad investment ends up in misallocation of capital, and by

extension, labour and natural resources.

Non performing asset may spill over the banking system and contract the

money stock, which may lead to economic contraction. This spill over

effect can channelize through liquidity or bank insolvency:

a) When many borrowers fail to pay interest, banks may experience

liquidity shortage. This can jam payment across the countr y, b) Illiquidity constraints bank in paying depositors




.c) Undercapitalized banks exceeds the banks capital base.

The three letters Strike terror in banking sector and business circle today.

NPA is short form of 哲on Performing Asset_. The dreaded NPA rule sayssimply this: when interest or other due to a bank remains unpaid for more

than 90 days, the entire bank loan autom atically turns a non performing

asset. The recovery of loan has always been problem for banks and

financial institution. To come out of these first we need to think is it

possible to avoid NPA, no can not be then left is to look after the factor

responsible for it and managing those factors.

Interest and/or instalment of principal remains overdue for two

harvest seasons but for a period not exceeding two half years

in the case of an advance granted for agricultural purposes,and

Any amount to be received remains overdue for a period of

more than 90 days in respect of other accounts.

As a facilitating measure for smooth transition to 90 days norm, banks

have been advised to move over to charging of interest at monthly rests,

by April 1, 2002. However, the date of classification of an advance as NPA

should not be changed on account of charging of interest at monthly rests.

Banks should, therefore, continue to classify an account as NPA only if the

interest charged during any quarter is not ser viced fully within 180 days

from the end of the quarter with effect from April 1, 2002 and 90 days from

the end of the quarter with effect from March 31, 2004.

'Out of Order' status'Out of Order' status ::




An account should be treated as 'out of order' if the

outstanding balance remains continuously in excess of the sanctioned

limit/drawing power. In cases where the outstanding balance in the

principal operating account is less than the sanctioned limit/drawing

power, but there are no credits continuously for six months as on the dateof Balance Sheet or credits are not enough to cover the interest debited

during the same period, these accounts should be treated as 'out of

order'.

Overdue’:

Overdue’: ‘‘

Any amount due to the bank under any credit facility is

‘overdue’ if it is not paid on the due date fixed by the bank.

Types of NPA

A] Gross NPA

B] Net NPA

A] Gross NPA:


Gross NPAs are the sum total of all loan assets that are classified as

NPAs as per RBI guidelines as on Balance Sheet date. Gross NPA

reflects the quality of the loans made by banks. It consists of all the

non standard assets like as sub-standard, doubtful, and loss assets.

It can be calculated with the help of following ratio:

B] Net NPA: B] Net NPA:

Net NPAs are those type of NPAs in which the bank has deducted the

provision regarding NPAs. Net NPA shows the actual burden of banks.

Since in India, bank balance sheets contain a huge amount of NPAs and

the process of recovery and write off of loans is very time consuming, the

provisions the banks have to make against the NPAs according to the

central bank guidelines, are quite significant. That is why the difference

between gross and net NPA is quite high.It can be calculated by following_

Net NPAs Gross NPAs – Provisions

Gross Advances - Provisions

INCOME RECOGNITION

Income recognition – PolicyIncome recognition – Policy


Gross NPAs

Gross NPAs Ratio

Gross Advances



The policy of income recognition has to be objective and based on

the record of recover y. Internationally income from non-performing

assets (NPA) is not recognised on accrual basis but is booked as

income only when it is actually received. Therefore, the banks

should not charge and take to income account interest on any NPA.

However, interest on advances against term deposits, NSCs, IVPs,

KVPs and Life policies may be taken to income account on the due

date, provided adequate margin is available in the accounts.

Fees and commissions earned by the banks as a result of re-

negotiations or rescheduling of outstanding debts should be

recognised on an accrual basis over the period of time covered by

the re-negotiated or rescheduled extension of credit.

If Government guaranteed advances become NPA, the interest on

such advances should not be taken to income account unless the

interest has been realised.

Reversal of income::

If any advance, including bills purchased and discounted, becomes

NPA as at the close of any year, interest accrued and credited to

income account in the corresponding previous year, should be

reversed or provided for if the same is not realised. This will apply

to Government guaranteed accounts also.




In respect of NPAs, fees, commission and sim ilar income that have

accrued should cease to accrue in the current period and should be

reversed or provided for with respect to past periods, if uncollected.

Leased Assets

The net lease rentals (finance charge) on the leased asset accrued

and credited to income account before the asset became non-

performing, and remaining unrealised, should be reversed or provided

for in the current accounting period.

The term 'net lease rentals' would mean the amount of finance

charge taken to the credit of Profit & Loss Account and would be

worked out as gross lease rentals adjusted by amount of statutory

depreciation and lease equalisation account.

As per the 'Guidance Note on Accounting for Leases' issued by the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI),

a separate Lease Equalisation Account should be opened by the

banks with a corresponding debit or credit to Lease Adjustment

Account, as the case may be. Further, Lease Equalisation Account

should be transferred ever y year to the Profit & Loss Account and

disclosed separately as a deduction from/addition to gross value of

lease rentals shown under the head 'Gross Incom e'.

Appropriation of recovery in NPAs




Interest realised on NPAs may be taken to income account

provided the credits in the accounts towards interest are not out of

fresh/ additional credit facilities sanctioned to the borrower

concerned.

In the absence of a clear agreement between the bank and the

borrower for the purpose of appropriation of recoveries in NPAs (i.e.

towards principal or interest due), banks should adopt an

accounting principle and exercise the right of appropriation of

recoveries in a uniform and consistent manner.

Interest Application:

There is no objection to the banks using their own discretion in debiting

interest to an NPA account taking the same to Interest Suspense Account

or maintaining only a record of such interest in proforma accounts.

Reporting of NPAs

Banks are required to furnish a Report on NPAs as on 31st March

each year after completion of audit. The NPAs would relate to the

banks’ global portfolio, including the advances at the foreign

branches. The Report should be furnished as per the prescribed

format given in the Annexure I.

While reporting NPA figures to RBI, the amount held in interest

suspense account, should be shown as a deduction from gross

NPAs as well as gross advances while arriving at the net NPAs.




Banks which do not maintain Interest Suspense account for parking

interest due on non-performing advance accounts, may furnish the

amount of interest receivable on NPAs as a foot note to the Report.

Whenever NPAs are reported to RBI, the amount of technical write

off, if any, should be reduced from the outstanding gross advances

and gross NPAs to eliminate any distortion in the quantum of NPAs

being reported.

REPORTING FORMAT FOR NPA – GROSS AND NET NPA

Name of the Bank:

Posit ion as on・…

PARTICULARS

1) Gross Advanced *

2) Gross NPA *

3) Gross NPA as %age of Gross Advanced

4) Total deduction( a+b+c+d )

( a ) Balance in interest suspense a/c **

( b ) DICGC/ECGC claims received and held pending

adjustment

( c ) part payment received and kept in suspense a/c

( d ) Total provision held ***5) Net advanced ( 1-4 )

6) Net NPA ( 2-4 )

7) Net NPA as a %age of Net Advance*excluding Technical write-off of Rs.________crore.

**Banks which do not maintain an interest suspense a/c to park the

accrued interest on NPAs may furnish the amount of interest receivable on NPAs.




***Excluding amount of Technical write-off (Rs.______crore) and provision

on standard assets. (Rs._____crore).

Asset Classification

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Categories of NPAs




Standard Assets:

Standard assets are the ones in which the bank is receiving interest as

well as the principal amount of the loan regularly from the customer. Hereit is also very important that in this case the arrears of interest and the

principal amount of loan does not exceed 90 days at the end of financial

year. If asset fails to be in category of standard asset that is amount due

more than 90 days then it is NPA and NPAs are further need to classify in

sub categories.

Banks are required to classify non-performing assets

further into the following three categories based on the period for which

the asset has rem ained non-performing and the realisability of the dues:

( 1 ) Sub-standard Assets

( 2 ) Doubtful Assets(

( 3 ) Loss Assets( 3 )

( 1 ) Sub-standard Assets:--

With effect from 31 March 2005, a sub standard asset would be one,

which has remained NPA for a period less than or equal to 12 month. The

following features are exhibited by sub standard assets: the current net

worth of the borrowers / guarantor or the current market value of the

security charged is not enough to ensure recovery of the dues to the

banks in full; and the asset has well-defined credit weaknesses that

jeopardise the liquidation of the debt and are characterised by the distinct

possibility that the banks will sustain some loss, if deficiencies are not

corrected.




( 2 ) Doubtful Assets:--( 2 ) Doubtful Assets:--

A loan classified as doubtful has all the weaknesses inherent in assets

that were classified as sub-standard, with the added characteristic that theweaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, – on the basis of

currently known facts, conditions and values – highly questionable and

improbable.

With effect from March 31, 2005, an asset would be classified as doubtful

if it remained in the sub-standard category for 12 months.

( 3 ) Loss Assets:--:--

A loss asset is one which considered uncollectible and of such little value

that its continuance as a bankable asset is not warranted- although there

may be some salvage or recovery value. Also, these assets would have

been identified as ‘loss assets’ by the bank or internal or external auditors

or the RBI inspection but the amount would not have been written-off

wholly.

Provisioning Norms

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General

In order to narrow down the divergences and ensure adequate

provisioning by banks, it was suggested that a bank's statutory

auditors, if they so desire, could have a dialogue with RBI's

Regional Office/ inspectors who carried out the bank's inspection

during the previous year with regard to the accounts contributing to

the difference.

Pursuant to this, regional offices were advised to forward a list of

individual advances, where the variance in the provisioningrequirements between the RBI and the bank is above certain cut off

levels so that the bank and the statutory auditors take into account

the assessment of the RBI while making provisions for loan loss,

etc.

The primary responsibility for making adequate provisions for any

diminution in the value of loan assets, investment or other assets is

that of the bank managements and the statutory auditors. Theassessment made by the inspecting officer of the RBI is furnished

to the bank to assist the bank management and the statutory

auditors in taking a decision in regard to making adequate and

necessary provisions in terms of prudential guidelines.

In conformity with the prudential norm s, provisions should be made

on the non-performing assets on the basis of classification of assets into prescribed categories as detailed in paragraphs 4

supra. Taking into account the time lag between an account

becoming doubtful of recovery, its recognition as such, the




realisation of the security and the erosion over time in the value of

security charged to the bank, the banks should make provision

against sub-standard assets, doubtful assets and loss assets as

below:

Loss assets:Loss assets:

The entire asset should be written off. If the assets are permitted to

remain in the books for any reason, 100 percent of the outstanding should

be provided for.

Doubtful assets:Doubtful assets:

100 percent of the extent to which the advance is not covered by

the realisable value of the security to which the bank has a valid

recourse and the realisable value is estimated on a realistic basis.

In regard to the secured portion, provision may be made on the

following basis, at the rates ranging from 20 percent to 50 percent

of the secured portion depending upon the period for which theasset has rem ained doubtful:

Period for which the advance has Provision

been considered as doubtful requirement (%)




Up to one year 20

One to three years 30

More than three years: 60% with effect from March

31,2005.(1) Outstanding stock of NPAs as on

March 31, 2004. 75% effect from March 31,

2006.(2) Advances classified as ‘doubtful’

more than three years on or after 100% with effect from

April 1, 2004. March 31, 2007.

Additional provisioning consequent upon the change in the

definition of doubtful assets effective from March 31, 2003 has to

be made in phases as under:

As on 31.03.2003, 50 percent of the additional provisioning

requirement on the assets which became doubtful on account of new

norm of 18 months for transition from sub-standard asset to doubtful

category.

As on 31.03.2002, balance of the provisions not made during the

previous year, in addition to the provisions needed, as on 31.03.2002.

Banks are permitted to phase the additional provisioning

consequent upon the reduction in the transition period from

substandard to doubtful asset from 18 to 12 months over a four

year period commencing from the year ending March 31, 2005, with

a minimum of 20 % each year.

Note: Valuation of Security for provisioning purposes




With a view to bringing down divergence arising out of difference in

assessment of the value of security, in cases of NPAs with balance of Rs.

5 crore and above stock audit at annual intervals by external agencies

appointed as per the guidelines approved by the Board would bemandatory in order to enhance the reliability on stock valuation. Valuers

appointed as per the guidelines approved by the Board of Directors should

get collaterals such as immovable properties charged in favour of the bank

valued once in three years.

Sub-standard assets:

A general provision of 10 percent on total outstanding should be made

without making any allowance for DICGC/ECGC guarantee cover and

securities available.

Standard assets:Standard assets:

From the year ending 31.03.2000, the banks should make a

general provision of a minimum of 0.40 percent on standard assets

on global loan portfolio basis.

The provisions on standard assets should not be reckoned for

arriving at net NPAs.

The provisions towards Standard Assets need not be netted from

gross advances but shown separately as 'Contingent Provisions




against Standard Assets' under 'Other Liabilities and Provisions -

Others' in Schedule 5 of the balance sheet.

Floating provisions:

Some of the banks make a 'floating provision' over

and above the specific provisions made in respect of accounts identified

as NPAs. The floating provisions, wherever available, could be set-off

against provisions required to be made as per above stated provisioning

guidelines. Considering that higher loan loss provisioning adds to the

overall financial strength of the banks and the stability of the financial

sector, banks are urged to voluntarily set apart provisions much above theminimum prudential levels as a desirable practice.

Provisions on Leased Assets:

Leases are peculiar transactions where the assets are not recorded in theLeases are peculiar transactions where the assets are not recorded in the

books of the user of such assets as Assets, whereas they are recorded in books of the user of such assets as Assets, whereas they are recorded in

the books of the owner even though the physical existence of the asset isthe books of the owner even though the physical existence of the asset is

with the user (lessee). __(AS19 ICAI)with the user (lessee). __(AS19 ICAI)

Sub-standard assets : -




10 percent of the 'net book value'.

As per the 'Guidance Note on Accounting for Leases' issued by the

ICAI, 'Gross book value' of a fixed asset is its historical cost or other

amount substituted for historical cost in the books of account or financial

statements. Statutory depreciation should be shown separately in the

Profit & Loss Account. Accumulated depreciation should be deducted from

the Gross Book Value of the leased asset in the balance sheet of the

lesser to arrive at the 'net book value'.

Also, balance standing in 'Lease Adjustment Account' should beadjusted in the 'net book value' of the leased assets. The amount of

adjustment in respect of each class of fixed assets may be shown either in

the main balance sheet or in the Fixed Assets Schedule as a separate

column in the section related to leased assets.

Doubtful assets :-

100 percent of the extent to which the finance is not secured by the

realisable value of the leased asset. Realisable value to be estimated on arealistic basis. In addition to the above provision, the following provision

on the net book value of the secured portion should be made,

depending upon the period for which asset has been doubtful:

Period %age of provision

Up to one year 20

One to three years 30

More than three years 50

Loss assets :-




The entire asset should be written-off. If for any reason, an asset is

allowed to remain in books, 100 percent of the sum of the net investment

in the lease and the unrealised portion of finance income net of finance

charge component should be provided for. ('net book value')

Guidelines for Provisions under Special

Circumstances

Government guaranteed advances

With effect from 31 March 2000, in respect of advances sanctioned

against State Government guarantee, if the guarantee is invoked and

remains in default for more than two quarters (180 days at present), the

banks should make norm al provisions as prescribed in paragraph 4.1.2

above.

As regards advances guaranteed by State Governments, in respect of

which guarantee stood invoked as on 31.03.2000, necessary provision

was allowed to be made, in a phased manner, during the financial years

ending 31.03.2000 to 31.03.2003 with a minimum of 25 percent each year.

Advances granted under rehabilitation packagesAdvances granted under rehabilitation packagesapproved by BIFR/term lending institutions::




In respect of advances under rehabilitation package approved by

BIFR/term lending institutions, the provision should continue to be made in

respect of dues to the bank on the existing credit facilities as per their

classification as sub-standard or doubtful asset.

As regards the additional facilities sanctioned as per package finalised

by BIFR and/or term lending institutions, provision on additional facilities

sanctioned need not be made for a period of one year from the date of

disbursement.

In respect of additional credit facilities granted to SSI units which are

identified as sick [as defined in RPCD circular No.PLNFS.BC.57

/06.04.01/2001-2002 dated 16 January 2002] and where rehabilitation

packages/nursing programmes have been drawn by the banks themselves

or under consortium arrangements, no provision need be made for a

period of one year.

Advances against term deposits, NSCs eligible forsurrender, IVPs, KVPs, and life policies are

exempted from provisioning requirements.

However, advances against gold ornaments,However, advances against gold ornaments,

government securities and all other kinds of

securities are not exempted from provisioning

requirements.requirements.




Treatment of interest suspense account:

Amounts held in Interest Suspense Account should not be reckoned as

part of provisions. Amounts lying in the Interest Suspense Account should be deducted from the relative advances and thereafter, provisioning as per

the norms, should be made on the balances after such deduction.

Advances covered by ECGC/DICGC guarantee

In the case of advances guaranteed by DICGC/ECGC, provision should

be made only for the balance in excess of the amount guaranteed bythese Corporations. Further, while arriving at the provision required to be

made for doubtful assets, realisable value of the securities should first be

deducted from the outstanding balance in respect of the amount

guaranteed by these Corporations and then provision made as illustrated

hereunder:

Example

Outstanding Balance Rs. 4 lakhs

DICGC Cover 50 percent

Period for which the advance has remained

doubtful

More than 3 years

remained doubtful

Value of security held

(excludes worth of Rs.)

Rs. 1.50 lakhs

Provision required to be made

Outstanding balance Rs. 4.00 lakhs




Less: Value of security held Rs. 1.50 lakhs

Unrealised balanceRs. 2.50 lakhs

Less: DICGC Cover

(50% of unrealisable balance)

Rs. 1.25 lakhs

Net unsecured balance Rs. 1.25 lakhs

Provision for unsecured portion of

advanceRs. 1.25 lakhs (@ 100 percent of

unsecured portion)

Provision for secured portion of

advance

Rs. 0.75 lakhs (@ 50 percent of

secured portion)

Total provision required to be made Rs. 2.00 lakhs

Advance covered by CGTSI guarantee

In case the advance covered by CGTSI guarantee becomes non-

performing, no provision need be made towards the guaranteed portion.

The amount outstanding in excess of the guaranteed portion should be

provided for as per the extant guidelines on provisioning for non-

performing advances. Two illustrative examples are given below:

Example I

Asset classification status: Doubtful – More than 3 years;

CGTSI Cover 75% of the amount outstanding

or 75% of the unsecured amount

or Rs.18.75 lakh, whichever is

the least




Realisable value of Security Rs.1.50 lakh

Balance outstanding Rs.10.00 lakh

Less Realisable value of

security

Rs. 1.50 lakh

Unsecured amount Rs. 8.50 lakh

Less CGTSI cover (75%) Rs. 6.38 lakh

Net unsecured and

uncovered portion:

Rs. 2.12 lakh

Provision Required

Secured portion Rs.1.50 lakh Rs. 0.75 lakh (@ 50%)

Unsecured & uncovered

portion

Rs.2.12 lakh Rs. 2.12 lakh ( 100%)

Total provision required Rs. 2.87 lakh

Example II

Asset classification status Doubtful – More than 3 years;

CGTSI Cover 75% of the amount outstanding

or75% of the unsecured amount

or Rs.18.75 lakh, whichever is

the least

Realisable value of Security Rs.10.00 lakh

Balance outstanding Rs.40.00 lakh

Less Realisable value of Rs. 10.00 lakh




security

Unsecured amount Rs. 30.00 lakh

Less CGTSI cover (75%) Rs. 18.75 lakh

Net unsecured anduncovered portion:

Rs. 11.25 lakh

Provision Required

Secured portion Rs.10.00 lakh Rs. 5.00 lakh (@ 50%)

Unsecured & uncovered

portion

Rs.11.25 lakh Rs.11.25 lakh (100%)

Total provision required Rs. 16.25 lakh

Take-out financeTake-out finance

The lending institution should make provisions against a 'take-out finance'

turning into NPA pending its take-over by the taking-over institution. As

and when the asset is taken-over by the taking-over institution, the

corresponding provisions could be reversed.

Reserve for Exchange Rate Fluctuations Account

(RERFA)(RERFA)

When exchange rate movements of Indian rupee turn adverse, the

outstanding amount of foreign currency denominated a loan (where actual

disbursement was made in Indian Rupee) which becomes overdue goes

up correspondingly, with its attendant implications of provisioning

requirements. Such assets should not normally be revalued. In case such




assets need to be revalued as per requirement of accounting practices or

for any other requirement, the following procedure may be adopted:

The loss on revaluation of assets has to be booked in the bank's Profit

& Loss Account.

Besides the provisioning requirement as per Asset Classification, banks

should treat the full amount of the Revaluation Gain relating to the

corresponding assets, if any, on account of Foreign Exchange Fluctuation

as provision against the particular assets.

Impact of NPA

Profitability:-

NPA means booking of money in terms of bad

asset, which occurred due to wrong choice of client. Because of themoney getting blocked the prodigality of bank decreases not only

by the amount of NPA but NPA lead to opportunity cost also as that




much of profit invested in some return earning project/asset. So

NPA doesn’t affect current profit but also future stream of profit,

which may lead to loss of some long-term beneficial opportunity.

Another impact of reduction in profitability is low ROI (return on

investment), which adversely affect current earning of bank.

Liquidity:-

Money is getting blocked, decreased profit lead to lack of enough cash at

hand which lead to borrowing money for shot\rtes period of time which

lead to additional cost to the company. Difficulty in operating the functions

of bank is another cause of NPA due to lack of money. Routine payments

and dues.

Involvement of management:-

Time and efforts of management is another indirect cost which bank has to

bear due to NPA. Time and efforts of managem ent in handling and

managing NPA would have diverted to some fruitful activities, which would

have given good returns. Now day’s banks have special employees to

deal and handle NPAs, which is additional cost to the bank.

Credit loss:-

Bank is facing problem of NPA then it adversely affect the value of bank in

terms of market credit. It will lose it’s goodwill and brand image and credit

which have negative impact to the people who are putting their money in

the banks .




REASONS FOR NPA:

Reasons can be divided in to two broad categories:-

A] Internal Factor




B] External Factor

[ A ] Internal Factors:- [ A ] Internal Factors:-

Internal Factors are those, which are internal to the bank and are

controllable by banks.

• Poor lending decision:

• Non-Compliance to lending norms:

• Lack of post credit supervision:

• Failure to appreciate good payers:

• Excessive overdraft lending:

• Non – Transparent accounting policy:

[ B ] External Factors:-

External factors are those, which are external to banks they are not

controllable by banks.

• Socio political pressure:




• Chang in industr y environment:

• Endangers m acroeconomic disturbances:

• Natural calamities

• Industrial sickness

• Diversion of funds and willful defaults

• Time/ cost overrun in project implementation

• Labour problems of borrowed firm

• Business failure

• Inefficient management

• Obsolete technology

• Product obsolete

Early symptoms by which one canrecognize a performing asset turning into Non-performing asset




Four categories of early symptoms:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

( 1 ) Financial:

Non-payment of the very first installment in case of term loan.

Bouncing of cheque due to insufficient balance in the accounts.

Irregularity in installment.

Irregularity of operations in the accounts.

Unpaid over due bills.

Declining Current Ratio.

Payment which does not cover the interest and principal amount of

that installment.

While monitoring the accounts it is found that partial amount isdiverted to sister concern or parent company.

( 2 ) Operational and Physical:

If information is received that the borrower has either initiated the process of winding up or are not doing the business.

Overdue receivables.

Stock statement not submitted on time.

External non-controllable factor like natural calamities in the city

where borrower conduct his business.

Frequent changes in plan.

Non payment of wages.

( 3 ) Attitudinal Changes:

Use for personal comfort, stocks and shares by borrower.


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Avoidance of contact with bank.

Problem between partners.

( 4 ) Others:

Changes in Government policies.

Death of borrower.

Competition in the market.




Preventive Measurement For NPA

Early Recognition of the Problem:-

Invariably, by the time banks start their efforts to get involved in a revival

process, it’s too late to retrieve the situation- both in terms of rehabilitation

of the project and recovery of bank’s dues. Identification of weakness in

the ver y beginning that is : When the account starts showing first signs of

weakness regardless of the fact that it may not have become NPA, is

imperative. Assessment of the potential of revival may be done on the

basis of a techno-economic viability study. Restructuring should beattempted where, after an objective assessment of the promoter ’s

intention, banks are convinced of a turnaround within a scheduled

timeframe. In respect of totally unviable units as decided by the bank, it is

better to facilitate winding up/ selling of the unit earlier, so as to recover

whatever is possible through legal means before the security position

becomes worse.

Identifying Borrowers with Genuine Intent:-

Identifyi

ng borrowers with genuine intent from those who are non- serious with no

commitment or stake in revival is a challenge confronting bankers. Here

the role of frontline officials at the branch level is paramount as they are

the ones who has intelligent inputs with regard to promoters’ sincerity, and

capability to achieve turnaround. Base don this objective assessment,

banks should decide as quickly as possible whether it would be worthwhileto commit additional finance.


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In this regard banks may consider having 鉄 pecial Investigation_ of all

financial transaction or business transaction, books of account in order to

ascertain real factors that contributed to sickness of the borrower. Banks

may have penal of technical experts with proven expertise and track record of preparing techno-economic study of the project of the borrowers.

Borrowers having genuine problems due to temporary mismatch

in fund flow or sudden requirement of additional fund may be entertained

at branch level, and for this purpose a special limit to such type of cases

should be decided. This will obviate the need to route the additional

funding through the controlling offices in deserving cases, and help avert

many accounts slipping into NPA category.

Timeliness and Adequacy of response:-

Longer the delay in response, grater the injury to the account and the

asset. Time is a crucial element in any restructuring or rehabilitation

activity. The response decided on the basis of techno-economic study and

promoter ’s commitment, has to be adequate in terms of extend of additional funding and relaxations etc. under the restructuring exercise.

The package of assistance may be flexible and bank may look at the exit

option.

Focus on Cash Flows:-:-

While financing, at the time of restructuring the banks may not be guided

by the conventional fund flow analysis only, which could yield a potentially

misleading picture. Appraisal for fresh credit requirements may be done by




analyzing funds flow in conjunction with the Cash Flow rather than only on

the basis of Funds Flow.

Management Effectiveness:- Management Effectiveness:-

The general perception among borrower is that it is lack of finance that

leads to sickness and NPAs. But this may not be the case all the time.

Managem ent effectiveness in tackling adverse business conditions is a

very important aspect that affects a borrowing unit’s fortunes. A bank may

commit additional finance to an aling unit only after basic viability of the

enterprise also in the context of quality of management is examined and

confirmed. Where the default is due to deeper malady, viability study or

investigative audit should be done – it will be useful to have consultant

appointed as early as possible to examine this aspect. A proper techno-economic viability study must thus become the basis on which any future

action can be considered.

Multiple Financing:-

A. During the exercise for assessment of viability and restructuring, a

Pragmatic and unified approach by all the lending banks/ FIs as

also sharing of all relevant information on the borrower would go a

long way toward overall success of rehabilitation exercise, given

the probability of success/failure.

B. In some default cases, where the unit is still working, the bank

should make sure that it captures the cash flows (there is a

tendency on part of the borrowers to switch bankers once they

default, for fear of getting their cash flows forfeited), and ensure




that such cash flows are used for working capital purposes. Toward

this end, there should be regular flow of information among

consortium members. A bank, which is not part of the consortium,

may not be allowed to offer credit facilities to such defaulting

clients. Current account facilities may also be denied at non-

consortium banks to such clients and violation may attract penalaction. The Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd.(CIBIL) may

be very useful for meaningful information exchange on defaulting

borrowers once the setup becomes fully operational.

C. In a forum of lenders, the priority of each lender will be different.

While one set of lenders may be willing to wait for a longer time torecover its dues, another lender may have a much shorter

timeframe in mind. So it is possible that the letter categories of

lenders may be willing to exit, even a t a cost – by a discounted

settlement of the exposure. Therefore, any plan for

restructuring/rehabilitation may take this aspect into account.

D. Corporate Debt Restructuring mechanism has been

institutionalized in 2001 to provide a timely and transparent systemfor restructuring of the corporate debt of Rs. 20 crore and above

with the banks and FIs on a voluntar y basis and outside the legal

framework. Under this system, banks may greatly benefit in terms

of restructuring of large standard accounts (potential NPAs) and

viable sub-standard accounts with consortium/multiple banking

arrangements.




Tools for recovery of NPAs

Credit Default

Inability to Pay Willful default

Unviable Viable

Lok Adalat Rehabilitation Rehabilitation

Debt Recovery Debt Recovery

CompromiseCompromise Tribunals Securitization Act

Asset Consortium Finance

Reconstructionn

Corporate Debt Restructuring

Fresh WC Limit Rephasement of Rephasement of Fresh Issue of Conversion

Term Loan into WCTLinto WCTL[Comparative analysis on NPA of Private & Public sector Banks]

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Once NPA occurred, one must come out of it or it should be managed in

most efficient manner. Legal ways and means are there to over come and

manage NPAs. We will look into each one of it.

Willful Default :-

A] Lok Adalat and Debt Recovery Tribunal

B] Securitization Act

C] Asset Reconstruction

Lok Adalat:

Lok Adalat institutions help banks to settle disputes involving

account in電oubtful_ and 斗oss_ category, with outstanding balance of Rs.

5 lakh for compromise settlement under Lok Adalat. Debt recovery

tribunals have been empowered to organize Lok Adalat to decide on

cases of NPAs of Rs. 10 lakh and above. This mechanism has proved to

be quite effective for speedy justice and recover y of small loans. The

progress through this channel is expected to pick up in the coming years.

Debt Recovery Tribunals(DRT):

The recovery of debts due to

banks and financial institution passed in March 2000 has helped in

strengthening the function of DRTs. Provision for placement of more than

one recover y officer, power to attach defendant’s property/assets before

judgment, penal provision for disobedience of tribunal’s order or for breachof any terms of order and appointment of receiver with power of

realization, management, protection and preservation of property are


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expected to provide necessary teeth to the DRTs and speed up the

recovery of NPAs in the times to com e. DRTs which have been set up bythe Government to facilitate speedy recovery by banks/DFIs, have not

been able make much impact on loan recovery due to variety of reasons

like inadequate number, lack of infrastructure, under staffing and frequentadjournment of cases. It is essential that DRT mechanism is strengthenedand vested with a proper enforcement mechanism to enforce their orders.

Non observation of any order passed by the tribunal should amount to

contempt of court, the DRT should have right to initiate contempt

proceedings. The DRT should empowered to sell asset of the debtor companies and forward the proceed to the winding – up court for

distribution among the lenders

Inability to Pay

Consortium arrangements: :

Asset classification of accounts

under consortium should be based on the record of recovery of the

individual member banks and other aspects having a bearing on the

recoverability of the advances. Where the remittances by the borrower

under consortium lending arrangements are pooled with one bank and/or

where the bank receiving remittances is not parting with the share of other

member banks, the account will be treated as not serviced in the books of

the other member banks and therefore, be treated as NPA. The banks

participating in the consortium should, therefore, arrange to get their share

of recovery transferred from the lead bank or get an express consent from

the lead bank for the transfer of their share of recovery, to ensure proper

asset classification in their respective books.




Corporate debt Restructuring (CDR):Corporate debt Restructuring (CDR):

Background Background

In spite of their best efforts and intentions, sometimes corporate find

themselves in financial difficulty because of factors beyond their control

and also due to certain internal reasons. For the revival of the corporate

as well as for the safety of the money lent by the banks and FIs, timely

support through restructuring in genuine cases is called for. However,

delay in agreement amongst different lending institutions often comes in

the way of such endeavours.

Based on the experience in other countries like the U.K., Thailand,

Korea, etc. of putting in place institutional mechanism for restructuring of

corporate debt and need for a similar mechanism in India, a Corporate

Debt Restructuring S ystem has been evolved, as under :

Objective

The objective of the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR)

framework is to ensure timely and transparent mechanism for restructuring

of the corporate debts of viable entities facing problems, outside the

purview of BIFR, DRT and other legal proceedings, for the benefit of

all concerned. In particular, the framework will aim at preserving viable

corporate that are affected by certain internal and external factors and

minimize the losses to the creditors and other stakeholders through an

orderly and coordinated restructuring programme.




Structure:

CDR system in the country will have a three-tier structure:

(A) CDR Standing Forum

(B) CDR Empowered Group

(C) CDR Cell

(A) CDR Standing Forum :(A) CDR Standing Forum :

The CDR Standing Forum would be the representative general

body of all financial institutions and banks participating in CDR system. All

financial institutions and banks should participate in the system in their

own interest. CDR Standing Forum will be a self-empowered body, which

will lay down policies and guidelines, guide and monitor the progress of

corporate debt restructuring.

The Forum will also provide an official platform for both thecreditors and borrowers (by consultation) to amicably and collectively

evolve policies and guidelines for working out debt restructuring plans in

the interests of all concerned.

The CDR Standing Forum shall comprise Chairman & Managing

Director, Industrial Development Bank of India; Managing Director,

Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India Limited; Chairman,

State Bank of India; Chairman, Indian Banks Association and Executive

Director, Reserve Bank of India as well as Chairmen and ManagingDirectors of all banks and financial institutions participating as permanent

members in the system. The Forum will elect its Chairman for a period of


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one year and the principle of rotation will be followed in the subsequent

years. However, the Forum may decide to have a Working Chairman as a

whole-time officer to guide and carry out the decisions of the CDR

Standing Forum.

A CDR Core Group will be carved out of the CDR Standing Forum

to assist the Standing Forum in convening the meetings and taking

decisions relating to policy, on behalf of the Standing Forum. The Core

Group will consist of Chief Executives of IDBI, ICICI, SBI, Bank of Baroda,

Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Indian Banks Association and a

representative of Reserve Bank of India.

The CDR Standing Forum shall meet at least once every six

months and would review and monitor the progress of corporate debt

restructuring system. The Forum would also lay down the policies and

guidelines to be followed by the CDR Empowered Group and CDR Cell for

debt restructuring and would ensure their smooth functioning and

adherence to the prescribed time schedules for debt restructuring. It can

also review any individual decisions of the CDR Empowered Group and

CDR Cell.

The CDR Standing Forum, the CDR Empowered Group and CDR

Cell (described in following paragraphs) shall be housed in IDBI. All

financial institutions and banks shall share the administrative and other

costs. The sharing pattern shall be as determined by the Standing Forum.

CDR Empowered Group and CDR Cell:

The individual cases of corporate debt restructuring shall be

decided by the CDR Empowered Group, consisting of ED level




representatives of IDBI, ICICI Limited and SBI as standing members, in

addition to ED level representatives of financial institutions and banks who

have an exposure to the concerned company. In order to make the CDR

Empowered Group effective and broad based and operate efficiently and

smoothly, it would have to be ensured that each financial institution and

bank, as participants of the CDR system, nominates a panel of two or three EDs, one of whom will participate in a specific meeting of the

Empowered Group dealing with individual restructuring cases. Where,

however, a bank / financial institution has only one Executive Director, the

panel may consist of senior officials, duly authorized by its Board. The

level of representation of banks/ financial institutions on the CDR

Empowered Group should be at a sufficiently senior level to ensure that

concerned bank / FI abides by the necessar y commitments including

sacrifices, made towards debt restructuring.

The Empowered Group will consider the preliminary report of all

cases of requests of restructuring, submitted to it by the CDR Cell. After

the Empowered Group decides that restructuring of the company is prima-

facie feasible and the enterprise is potentially viable in terms of the

policies and guidelines evolved by Standing Forum, the detailed

restructuring package will be worked out by the CDR Cell in conjunctionwith the Lead Institution.

The CDR Empowered Group would be mandated to look into each

case of debt restructuring, examine the viability and rehabilitation

potential of the Company and approve the restructuring package within

a specified time frame of 90 days, or at best 180 days of reference to

the Empowered Group.




There should be a general authorisation by the respective Boards

of the participating institutions / banks in favour of their representatives on

the CDR Empowered Group, authorising them to take decisions on behalf

of their organization, regarding restructuring of debts of individual

corporate.

The decisions of the CDR Empowered Group shall be final and

action-reference point. If restructuring of debt is found viable and feasible

and accepted by the Empowered Group, the company would be put on the

restructuring mode. If, however, restructuring is not found viable, the

creditors would then be free to take necessar y steps for immediate

recovery of dues and / or liquidation or winding up of the company,

collectively or individually.

CDR Cell:

The CDR Standing Forum and the CDR Empowered Group will be

assisted by a CDR Cell in all their functions. The CDR Cell will make the

initial scrutiny of the proposals received from borrowers / lenders, by

calling for proposed rehabilitation plan and other information and put up

the matter before the CDR Empowered Group, within one month to decide

whether rehabilitation is prima facie feasible, if so, the CDR Cell will

proceed to prepare detailed Rehabilitation Plan with the help of lenders

and if necessary, experts to be engaged from outside. If not found prima

facie feasible, the lenders may start action for recovery of their dues.

To begin with, CDR Cell will be constituted in IDBI, Mumbai and

adequate members of staff for the Cell will be deputed from banks andfinancial institutions. The CDR Cell may also take outside professional

help. The initial cost in operating the CDR mechanism including CDR Cell

will be met by IDBI initially for one year and then from contribution from


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the financial institutions and banks in the Core Group at the rate of Rs.50

lakh each and contribution from other institutions and banks at the rate of

Rs.5 lakh each.

All references for corporate debt restructuring by lenders or borrowers will be made to the CDR Cell. It shall be the responsibility of the

lead institution / major stakeholder to the corporate, to work out a

preliminary restructuring plan in consultation with other stakeholders and

submit to the CDR Cell within one month. The CDR Cell will prepare the

restructuring plan in terms of the general policies and guidelines approved

by the CDR Standing Forum and place for the consideration of the

Empowered Group within 30 days for decision. The Empowered Group

can approve or suggest modifications, so, however, that a final decision

must be taken within a total period of 90 days. However, for sufficient

reasons the period can be extended maximum upto 180 days from the

date of reference to the CDR Cell.

Other features::

CDR will be a Non-statutory mechanism.

CDR mechanism will be a voluntary system based on debtor-

creditor agreement and inter-creditor agreement.

The scheme will not apply to accounts involving only one financial

institution or one bank. The CDR mechanism will cover only multiple

banking accounts / syndication / consortium accounts with outstanding

exposure of Rs.20 crore and above by banks and institutions.

The CDR system will be applicable only to standard and sub-

standard accounts. However, as an interim measure, permission for




corporate debt restructuring will be made available by RBI on the basis of

specific recommendation of CDR "Core-Group", if a minimum of 75 per

cent (by value) of the lenders constituting banks and FIs consent for CDR,

irrespective of differences in asset classification status in banks/ financial

institutions. There would be no requirement of the account / company

being sick, NPA or being in default for a specified period beforereference to the CDR Group. However, potentially viable cases of NPAs

will get priority. This approach would provide the necessary flexibility and

facilitate timely intervention for debt restructuring. Prescribing any

milestone(s) may not be necessary, since the debt restructuring exercise

is being triggered by banks and financial institutions or with their consent.

In no case, the requests of any corporate indulging in wilful default or

misfeasance will be considered for restructuring under CDR.

Reference to Corporate Debt Restructuring System could be

triggered by (i) any or more of the secured creditor who have minimum

20% share in either working capital or term finance, or (ii) by the

concerned corporate, if supported by a bank or financial institution having

stake as in (i) above.

Legal Basis Legal Basis

The legal basis to the CDR mechanism shall be provided by the

Debtor-Credit or Agreement (DCA) and the Inter-Creditor Agreement.

The debtors shall have to accede to the DCA, either at the time of original

loan documentation (for future cases) or at the time of reference to

Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell. Similarly, all participants in the CDR

mechanism through their membership of the Standing Forum shall have toenter into a legally binding agreement, with necessary enforcement and




penal clauses, to operate the System through laid-down policies and

guidelines.

Stand-Still Clause:

One of the most important elements of Debtor-

Creditor Agreement would be 'stand still' agreement binding for 90

days, or 180 days by both sides. Under this clause, both the debtor and

creditor(s) shall agree to a legally binding 'stand-still' whereby both

the parties commit themselves not to taking recourse to any other

legal action during the 'stand-still' period, this would be necessary for

enabling the CDR S ystem to undertake the necessar y debt restructuring

exercise without any outside intervention judicial or otherwise.

The Inter-Creditors Agreement would be a legally binding

agreement amongst the secured creditors, with necessar y enforcement

and penal clauses, wherein the creditors would commit themselves to

abide by the various elements of CDR system. Further , the creditors shall

agree that if 75% of secured creditors by value, agree to a debt

restructuring package, the same would be binding on the remainingsecured creditors.

Accounting treatment for restructured accounts

The accounting treatment of accounts restructured under CDR would be

governed by the prudential norm s indicated in circular DBOD. BP. BC. 98 /

21.04.048 / 2000-01 dated March 30, 2001. Restructuring of corporatedebts under CDR could take place in the following stages:




Before commencement of commercial production;

After commencement of commercial production but before the

asset has been classified as sub-standard;

After commencement of commercial production and the asset has been classified as sub-standard.

The prudential treatment of the accounts, subjected to restructuring under

CDR, would be governed by the following norms:

Treatment of standard accounts restructured under CDR:Treatment of standard accounts restructured under CDR:

A rescheduling of the instalments of principal alone, at any of the

aforesaid first two stages [paragraph 5(a) and (b) above] would not

cause a standard asset to be classified in the sub-standard

category, provided the loan / credit facility is fully secured.

A rescheduling of interest element at any of the foregoing first two

stages would not cause an asset to be downgraded to sub-

standard categor y subject to the condition that the amount of sacrifice, if any, in the element of interest, measured in present

value terms, is either written off or provision is made to the extent of

the sacrifice involved. For the purpose, the future interest due as

per the original loan agreement in respect of an account should be

discounted to the present value at a rate appropriate to the risk

category of the borrower (i.e. current PLR + the appropriate credit

risk premium for the borrower-category) and compared with the

present value of the dues expected to be received under the

restructuring package, discounted on the same basis.




In case there is a sacrifice involved in the amount of interest in

present value terms, as at (b) above, the amount of sacrifice should

either be written off or provision made to the extent of the sacrifice

involved.

Treatment of sub-standard accounts restructured under

CDR

A rescheduling of the instalments of principal alone, would render a

sub-standard asset eligible to be continued in the sub-standard category

for the specified period, provided the loan / credit facility is fully secured.

A rescheduling of interest element would render a sub-standard

asset eligible to be continued to be classified in sub-standard category for

the specified period subject to the condition that the amount of sacrifice, if

any, in the element of interest, measured in present value terms, is either

written off or provision is made to the extent of the sacrifice involved. For

the purpose, the future interest due as per the original loan agreement in

respect of an account should be discounted to the present value at a rate

appropriate to the risk category of the borrower (i.e., current PLR + the

appropriate credit risk premium for the borrower-category) and compared

with the present value of the dues expected to be received under the



present value terms, as at (b) above, the amount of sacrifice should either

be written off or provision made to the extent of the sacrifice involved.

Even in cases where the sacrifice is by way of write off of the past interestdues, the asset should continue to be treated as sub-standard.




The sub-standard accounts at (ii) (a), (b) and (c) above, which have

been subjected to restructuring, etc. whether in respect of principal

instalment or interest amount, by whatever modality, would be eligible to

be upgraded to the standard categor y only after the specif ied period,

i.e., a period of one year after the date when first payment of interest or of principal, whichever is earlier, falls due, subject to satisfactory

performance during the period. The amount of provision made earlier, net

of the amount provided for the sacrifice in the interest amount in present

value terms as aforesaid, could also be reversed after the one-year

period.

During this one-year period, the sub-standard asset will notdeteriorate in its classification if satisfactor y performance of the account is

demonstrated during the period. In case, however, the satisfactory

performance during the one year period is not evidenced, the asset

classification of the restructured account would be governed as per the

applicable prudential norms with reference to the pre-restructuring

payment schedule.

The asset classification under CDR would continue to be bank-specific based on record of recovery of each bank, as per the existing

prudential norms applicable to banks.

Restructuring / Rescheduling of Loans Restructuring / Rescheduling of Loans

A standard asset where the terms of the loan agreement regarding

interest and principal have been renegotiated or rescheduled after




commencement of production should be classified as sub-standard and

should remain in such category for at least one year of satisfactory

performance under the renegotiated or rescheduled terms. In the case of

sub-standard and doubtful assets also, rescheduling does not entitle a

bank to upgrade the quality of advance automatically unless there is

satisfactory performance under the rescheduled / renegotiated terms.Following representations from banks that the foregoing stipulations deter

the banks from restructuring of standard and sub-standard loan

assets even though the modification of terms might not jeopardise the

assurance of repayment of dues from the borrower, the norms relating to

restructuring of standard and sub-standard assets were reviewed in March

2001. In the context of restructuring of the accounts, the following stages

at which the restructuring / rescheduling / renegotiation of the terms of

loan agreement could take place, can be identified:

Before commencement of commercial production;

After commencement of commercial production but before the

asset has been classified as sub standard,

After commencement of commercial production and after theasset has been classified as sub standard.

In each of the foregoing three stages, the rescheduling, etc., of principal

and/or of interest could take place, with or without sacrifice, as part of the

restructuring package evolved.

Treatment of Restructured Standard Accounts:

A rescheduling of the instalments of principal alone, at any of the

aforesaid first two stages would not cause a standard asset to be




classified in the sub standard category provided the loan/credit facility is

fully secured.

A rescheduling of interest element at any of the foregoing first two

stages would not cause an asset to be downgraded to sub standard

category subject to the condition that the amount of sacrifice, if any, in the

element of interest, measured in present value terms, is either written

off or provision is made to the extent of the sacrifice involved. For the

purpose, the future interest due as per the original loan agreement in

respect of an account should be discounted to the present value at a rate

appropriate to the risk category of the borrower (i.e., current PLR+ the

appropriate credit risk premium for the borrower-category) and compared

with the present value of the dues expected to be received under the





Treatment of restructured sub-standard accounts:Treatment of restructured sub-standard accounts:

A rescheduling of the instalments of principal alone, would render a

sub-standard asset eligible to be continued in the sub-standard category

for the specified period, provided the loan/credit facility is fully secured.

A rescheduling of interest element would render a sub-standard

asset eligible to be continued to be classified in sub standard category

for the specified period subject to the condition that the amount of

sacrifice, if any, in the element of interest, measured in present value




terms, is either written off or provision is made to the extent of the

sacrifice involved. For the purpose, the future interest due as per the

original loan agreement in respect of an account should be discounted to

the present value at a rate appropriate to the risk category of the borrower

(i.e., current PLR + the appropriate credit risk premium for the borrower-

category) and compared with the present value of the dues expected to bereceived under the restructuring package, discounted on the same basis.




Even in cases where the sacrifice is by way of write off of the past interest

dues, the asset should continue to be treated as sub-standard.

Up gradation of restructured accounts:Up gradation of restructured accounts:

The sub-standard accounts which have been subjected to restructuring

etc., whether in respect of principal instalment or interest amount, by

whatever modality, would be eligible to be upgraded to the standard

category only after the specified period i.e., a period of one year after the

date when first payment of interest or of principal, whichever is earlier, falls

due, subject to satisfactory performance during the period. The amount of provision made earlier, net of the amount provided for the sacrifice in the

interest amount in present value terms as aforesaid, could also be

reversed after the one year period. During this one-year period, the sub-

standard asset will not deteriorate in its classification if satisfactory

performance of the account is demonstrated during the period. In case,

however, the satisfactory performance during the one-year period is not

evidenced, the asset classification of the restructured account would be

governed as per the applicable prudential norms with reference to the pre-

restructuring payment schedule.




General:

These instructions would be applicable to all type of credit facilities

including working capital limits, extended to industrial units, provided they

are fully covered by tangible securities.

As trading involves only buying and selling of commodities and the

problems associated with manufacturing units such as bottleneck in

commercial production, time and cost escalation etc. are not applicable to

them, these guidelines should not be applied to restructuring/ rescheduling

of credit facilities extended to traders.

While assessing the extent of security cover available to the credit

facilities, which are being restructured/ rescheduled, collateral security

would also be reckoned, provided such collateral is a tangible security

properly charged to the bank and is not in the intangible form like

guarantee etc. of the promoter/ others.

Income recognition

There will be no change in the existing instructions on income

recognition. Consequently, banks should not recognise income on accrual

basis in respect of the projects even though the asset is classified as a

standard asset if the asset is a "non performing asset" in terms of theextant instructions. In other words, while the accounts of the project may

be classified as a standard asset, banks shall recognise income in such




accounts only on realisation on cash basis if the asset has otherwise

become ‘non performing’ as per the extant delinquency norm of 180 days.

The delinquency norm would become 90 days with effect from 31 March

2004.

Consequently, banks, which have wrongly recognised income in the

past, should reverse the interest if it was recognised as income during the

current year or make a provision for an equivalent amount if it was

recognised as income in the previous year(s). As regards the regulatory

treatment of income recognised as ‘funded interest’ and ‘conversion into

equity, debentures or any other instrument’ banks should adopt the

following:

Funded Interest:Funded Interest: Income recognition in respect of the NPAs,

regardless of whether these are or are not subjected to restructuring/

rescheduling/ renegotiation of terms of the loan agreement, should be

done strictly on cash basis, only on realisation and not if the amount of

interest overdue has been funded. If, however, the amount of funded

interest is recognised as income, a provision for an equal amount should

also be made simultaneously. In other words, any funding of interest in

respect of NPAs, if recognised as income, should be fully provided for.

Conversion into equity, debentures or any other

instrument:instrument: The amount outstanding converted into other instruments

would normally comprise principal and the interest components. If the

amount of interest dues is converted into equity or any other instrument,

and incom e is recognised in consequence, full provision should be made

for the amount of income so recognised to offset the effect of such incomerecognition. Such provision would be in addition to the amount of provision




that may be necessary for the depreciation in the value of the equity or

other instruments, as per the investment valuation norms. However, if the

conversion of interest is into equity, which is quoted, interest income can

be recognised at market value of equity, as on the date of conversion, not

exceeding the amount of interest converted to equity. Such equity must

thereafter be classified in the "available for sale" category and valued atlower of cost or market value. In case of conversion of principal and /or

interest in respect of NPAs into debentures, such debentures should be

treated as NPA, ab initio, in the same asset classification as was

applicable to loan just before conversion and provision made as per

norms. This norm would also apply to zero coupon bonds or other

instruments which seek to defer the liability of the issuer. On such

debentures, income should be recognised only on realisation basis. The

income in respect of unrealised interest, which is converted into

debentures or any other fixed maturity instrument, should be recognised

only on redemption of such instrument. Subject to the above, the equity

shares or other instruments arising from conversion of the principalamount of loan would also be subject to the usual prudential valuation

norms as applicable to such instruments.

Provisioning Provisioning

While there will be no change in the extant norms on provisioning

for NPAs, banks which are already holding provisions against some of the

accounts, which may now be classified as ‘standard’, shall continue to

hold the provisions and shall not reverse the same.




Special Cases Special Cases

Accounts with temporary deficiencies: Accounts with temporary deficiencies:

The classification of an asset as NPA should be based on the

record of recovery. Bank should not classify an advance account as NPA

merely due to the existence of some deficiencies which are temporary in

nature such as non-availability of adequate drawing power based on the

latest available stock statement, balance outstanding exceeding the limit

temporarily, non-submission of stock statements and non-renewal of the

limits on the due date, etc. In the matter of classification of accounts with

such deficiencies banks may follow the following guidelines:

Banks should ensure that drawings in the working capital

accounts are covered by the adequacy of current assets, since currentassets are first appropriated in times of distress. Drawing power is

required to be arrived at based on the stock statement which is current.

However, considering the difficulties of large borrowers, stock statements


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relied upon by the banks for determining drawing power should not be

older than three months. The outstanding in the account based on drawing

power calculated from stock statements older than three months, would be

deemed as irregular. A working capital borrower account will become NPA

if such irregular drawings are permitted in the account for a continuous

period of 180 days even though the unit may be working or the borrower'sfinancial position is satisfactory.

Regular and ad hoc credit limits need to be reviewed/ regularised

not later than three months from the due date/date of ad hoc sanction. In

case of constraints such as non-availability of financial statements and

other data from the borrowers, the branch should furnish evidence to showthat renewal/ review of credit limits is already on and would be completed

soon. In any case, delay beyond six months is not considered desirable as

a general discipline. Hence, an account where the regular/ ad hoc credit

limits have not been reviewed/ renewed within 180 days from the due

date/ date of ad hoc sanction will be treated as NPA.

Accounts regularised near about the balance sheet date: Accounts regularised near about the balance sheet date:

The asset classification of borrower accounts where a solitary or a few

credits are recorded before the balance sheet date should be handled with

care and without scope for subjectivity. Where the account indicates

inherent weakness on the basis of the data available, the account should

be deemed as a NPA. In other genuine cases, the banks must furnish

satisfactory evidence to the Statutory Auditors/Inspecting Officers about

the manner of regularisation of the account to eliminate doubts on their

performing status.




Asset Classification to be borrower-wise and not facility-wise Asset Classification to be borrower-wise and not facility-wise

It is difficult to envisage a situation when only one facility to a borrower

becomes a problem credit and not others. Therefore, all the facilitiesgranted by a bank to a borrower will have to be treated as NPA and not

the particular facility or part thereof which has become irregular.

If the debits arising out of devolvement of letters of credit or invoked

guarantees are parked in a separate account, the balance outstanding in

that account also should be treated as a part of the borrower’s principal

operating account for the purpose of application of prudential norms on

income recognition, asset classification and provisioning.

Accounts where there is erosion in the value of security Accounts where there is erosion in the value of security

A NPA need not go through the various stages of classification in

cases of serious credit impairment and such assets should be

straightaway classified as doubtful or loss asset as appropriate. Erosion in

the value of security can be reckoned as significant when the realisable

value of the security is less than 50 per cent of the value assessed by the

bank or accepted by RBI at the time of last inspection, as the case may

be. Such NPAs may be straightaway classified under doubtful category

and provisioning should be made as applicable to doubtful assets.

If the realisable value of the security, as assessed by the bank/

approved values/ RBI is less than 10 per cent of the outstanding in the

borrower accounts, the existence of security should be ignored and the

asset should be straightaway classified as loss asset. It may be either

written off or fully provided for by the bank.




Advances to PACS/FSS ceded to Commercial Banks::

In respect of agricultural advances as well as advances for other

purposes granted by banks to ceded PACS/ FSS under the on-lending

system, only that particular credit facility granted to PACS/ FSS which is in

default for a period of two harvest seasons (not exceeding two half

years) /two quarters, as the case may be, after it has become due will be

classified as NPA and not all the credit facilities sanctioned to a PACS/

FSS. The other direct loans & advances, if any, granted by the bank to the

member borrower of a PACS/ FSS outside the on-lending arrangement

will become NPA even if one of the credit facilities granted to the same

borrower becomes NPA.

Advances against Term Deposits, NSCs, KVP/IVP, etc:

Ad

vances against term deposits, NSCs eligible for surrender, IVPs, KVPs

and life policies need not be treated as NPAs. Advances against gold

ornaments, government securities and all other securities are not covered

by this exemption.

Loans with moratorium for payment of interest Loans with moratorium for payment of interest

In the case of bank finance given for industrial projects or for

agricultural plantations etc. where moratorium is available for payment of

interest, payment of interest becomes 'due' only after the moratorium or

gestation period is over. Therefore, such amounts of interest do not

become overdue and hence NPA, with reference to the date of debit of




interest. They become overdue after due date for payment of interest, if

uncollected.

In the case of housing loan or similar advances granted to staff

members where interest is payable after recovery of principal, interest

need not be considered as overdue from the first quarter onwards. Such

loans/advances should be classified as NPA only when there is a default

in repayment of instalment of principal or payment of interest on the

respective due dates

Agricultural advances

In respect of advances granted for agricultural purpose where

interest and/or instalment of principal remains unpaid after it has become

past due for two harvest seasons but for a period not exceeding two half-

years, such an advance should be treated as NPA. The above norms

should be made applicable to all direct agricultural advances as listed at

items 1.1, 1.1.2 (i) to (vii), 1.1.2 (viii)(a)(1) and 1.1.2 (viii)(b)(1) of Master Circular on lending to priority sector No. RPCD. PLAN. BC. 12/04.09.01/

2001- 2002 dated 1 August 2001. An extract of the list of these items is

furnished in the Annexure II. In respect of agricultural loans, other than

those specified above, identification of NPAs would be done on the sam e

basis as non agricultural advances which, at present, is the 180 days

delinquency norm.

Where natural calamities impair the repaying capacity of

agricultural borrowers, banks may decide on their own as a relief measure




- conversion of the short-term production loan into a term loan or re-

schedulement of the repayment period; and the sanctioning of fresh short-

term loan, subject to various guidelines contained in RBI circulars

RPCD.No.PLFS.BC.128/05.04.02/97-98 dated 20.06.98 and

RPCD.No.PLFS.BC.9/05.01.04/98-99 dated 21.07.98.

In such cases of conversion or re-schedulement, the term loan as

well as fresh short-term loan may be treated as current dues and need not

be classified as NPA. The asset classification of these loans would

thereafter be governed by the revised terms & conditions and would be

treated as NPA if interest and/or instalment of principal remains unpaid, for

two harvest seasons but for a period not exceeding two half years.

Government guaranteed advances:Government guaranteed advances:

The credit facilities backed by guarantee of the Central

Government though overdue may be treated as NPA only when the

Government repudiates its guarantee when invoked. This exemption from

classification of Government guaranteed advances as NPA is not for the

purpose of recognition of income. With effect from 1st April 2000,

advances sanctioned against State Government guarantees should beclassified as NPA in the normal course, if the guarantee is invoked and

remains in default for more than two quarters. With effect from March 31,

2001 the period of default is revised as more than 180 days.

Take-out Finance:Take-out Finance:

Takeout finance is the product emerging in the context of the

funding of long-term infrastructure projects. Under this arrangement, the

institution/the bank financing infrastructure projects will have an




Export Project Finance:

In respect of export project finance, there could be instances where

the actual importer has paid the dues to the bank abroad but the bank inturn is unable to remit the amount due to political developments such as

war, strife, UN embargo, etc.

In such cases, where the lending bank is able to establish through

documentar y evidence that the importer has cleared the dues in full by

depositing the amount in the bank abroad before it turned into NPA in the

books of the bank, but the importer's country is not allowing the funds to

be remitted due to political or other reasons, the asset classification may

be made after a period of one year from the date the amount wasdeposited by the importer in the bank abroad.

Advances under rehabilitation approved by BIFR/ TLI: Advances under rehabilitation approved by BIFR/ TLI:

Ban

ks are not permitted to upgrade the classification of any advance in

respect of which the terms have been re-negotiated unless the package of

re-negotiated terms has worked satisfactorily for a period of one year.While the existing credit facilities sanctioned to a unit under rehabilitation

packages approved by BIFR/term lending institutions will continue to be

classified as sub-standard or doubtful as the case may be, in respect of

additional facilities sanctioned under the rehabilitation packages, the

Income Recognition, Asset Classification norms will become applicable

after a period of one year from the date of disbursement.




ROLE OF ARCIL :-

This empowerment encouraged the three major players in Indian banking

system, namely, State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank Limited (ICICI) and

IDBI Bank Limited (IDBI) to come together to set-up the first ARC. Arcil

was incorporated as a public limited company on February 11, 2002 and

obtained its certificate of commencement of business on May 7, 2003. In

pursuance of Section 3 of the Securitization Act 2002, it holds a certificate

of registration dated August 29, 2003, issued by the Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) and operates under powers conferred under the Securitization Act,

2002. Arcil is also a "financial institution" within the meaning of Section 2

(h) (ia) of the Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions

Act, 1993 (the "DRT Act").

Arcil is the first ARC in the country to commence business of resolution of

non-perform ing assets (NPAs) upon acquisition from Indian banks and

financial institutions. As the first ARC, Arcil has played a pioneering role in

setting standards for the industry in India.




• Unlocking capital for the banking system and the economy

The primary objective of Arcil is to expedite recovery of theamounts locked in NPAs of lenders and thereby recycling capital.

Arcil thus, provides relief to the banking system by managing NPAs

and help them concentrate on core banking activities thereby

enhancing shareholders value.

• Creating a vibrant market for distressed debt assets /

securities in India offering a trading platform for Lenders

Arcil has made successful efforts in funneling investment from both

from domestic and international players for funding these

acquisitions of distressed assets, followed by showcasing them to

prospective buyers. This has initiated creation of a secondary

market of distressed assets in the country besides hastening their

resolution. The efforts of Arcil would lead the country’s distressed

debt market to international standards.

• To evolve and create significant capacity in the system for

quicker resolution of NPAs by deploying the assets optimally

With a view to achieving high delivery capabilities for resolution,

Arcil has put in place a structure aimed at outsourcing the various

sub-functions of resolution to specialized agencies, wherever

applicable under the provision of the Securitisation Act, 2002. Arcil

has also encourage, groomed and developed many such agencies

to enhance its capacity in line with the growth of its activity.




ANALYSIS

For the purpose of analysis and comparison between private sector and

public sector banks, we take five-five banks in both sector to compare thenon performing assets of banks. For understanding we further bifurcate

the non performing assets in priority sector and non priority sector, gross

NPA and net NPA in percentage as well as in rupees, deposit – investment

– advances.

Deposit – Investment – Advances is the first in the analysis because due

to these we can understand the where the bank stands in the competitive

market. As at end of march 2008, in private sector ICICI Bank is thehighest deposit-investment-advances figures in rupees crore, second is

HDFC Bank and KOTAK Bank has least figures.




In public sector banks Punjab National Bank has highest deposit-

investment-advances but when we look at graph first three means Bank of

Baroda and Bank of India are almost the similar in numbers and Dena

Bank is stands for last in public sector bank. When we compare the

private sector banks with public sector banks among these banks, we can

understand the more number of people prefer to choose public sector banks for deposit-investment.

But when we compare the private sector bank ICICI Bank with the public

sector banks ICICI Bank is more deposit-investment figures and first in the

all banks.

DEPOSIT-INVESTMENT-ADVANCES ( RS.CRORE) of both sector

banks and comparison among them, year 2007-08.

BANK DEPOSIT INVESTMENT ADVANCES

AXIS 87626 33705 59661

HDFC 100769 49394 63427

ICICI 244431 111454 225616

KOTAK 16424 9142 15552

INDUSIND 19037 6630 12795

TOTAL 468287 210325 377051




DEPOSITINVESTMENT

ADVANCES100000

150000

200000

2500000

ICICI HDFC AXIS INDUSIND KOTAK


BOB 152034 43870 106701

BOI 150012 41803 113476

DENA 33943 10282 23024PNB 166457 53992 119502

UBI 103859 33823 74348

TOTAL 606305 183770 437051




DEPOSIT

INVESTMENT

ADVANCES

100000

120000

140000

160000

18000020000

40000

60000

80000

0PNB BOB BOI UBI DENA

ICICI BANK AND PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK :-


ICICI BANK 244431 111454 225616

PNB 166457 53992 119502

DEPOSIT

INVESTMENT

ADVANCES100000

150000

200000

250000

0ICICI PNB




There are two concepts related to non-performing assets_ gross and net.

Gross refers to all NPAs on a bank’s balance sheet irrespective of the

provisions made. It consists of all the non standard assets, viz. sub

standard, doubtful, and loss assets. A loan asset is classified as ‘ sub

standard_ if it remains NPA up to a period of 18 months; _ doubtful_ if it

remains NPA for more than 18 months; and loss, without any waiting

period, where the dues are considered not collectible or marginally

collectible.

Net NPA is gross NPA less provisions. Since in India, bank balance

sheets contains a huge amount of NPAs and the process of recovery and

write off of loans is very time consuming, the provisions the banks have tomake against the NPA according to the central bank guidelines, are quite

significant.

Here, we can see that there are huge difference between gross and net

NPA. While gross NPA reflects the quality of the loans made by

banks, net NPA shows the actual burden of banks. The requirements

for provisions are :

100% for loss assets

100% of the unsecured portion plus 20-50% of the secured portion,

depending on the period for which the account has remained in the

doubtful category

10% general provision on the outstanding balance under the sub

standard category.




Here, there are gross and net NPA data for 2006-07 and 2007-08 we

taken for comparison among banks. These data are NPA AS

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ASSETS. As we discuss earlier that gross NPA reflects the quality of the loans made by banks. Among all the ten

banks Dena Banks has highest gross NPA as a percentage of total assets

in the year 2006-07 and also net NPA. Punjab National Bank shows vast

difference between gross and net NPA. There is almost same figures

between BOI and BOB.

YEAR 2006-07

BANK GROSS NPA NET NPA

BOB 1.46 0.35

BOI 1.48 0.45

DENA 2.37 1.16

PNB 2.09 0.45UBI 1.82 0.59




2.5

2

1.5GROSS NPA

NET NPA1

0.5

0

DENA UBI PNB BOI BOB

2007-08


BOB 1.10 0.27

BOI 1.08 0.33

DENA 1.48 0.56

PNB 1.67 0.38




UBI 1.34 0.10

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

1GROSS NPA

NET NPA

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

0DENA PNB BOI BOB UBI

2006-07


AXIS 0.57 0.36

HDFC 0.72 0.22ICICI 1.20 0.58

KOTAK 1.39 1.09

INDUSIND 1.64 1.31

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

1GROSS NPA

NET NPA

0.2

0.40.6

0.8

0INDUSIND KOTAK ICICI AXIS HDFC

2007-08





AXIS 0.45 0.23

HDFC 0.68 0.22

ICICI 1.90 0.87KOTAK 1.55 0.98

INDUSIND 1.69 1.25

2

1.5

GROSS NPA

NET NPA1

0.5

0

INDUSIND KOTAK ICICI HDFC AXIS

COMPARISON OF GROSS NPA WITH ALL BANKS FOR THE

YEAR 2007-08. The growing NPAs affects the health of banks,

profitability and efficiency. In the long run, it eats up the net worth

of the banks. We can say that NPA is not a healthy sign for

financial institutions. Here we take all the ten banks gross NPA

together for better understanding. Average of these ten banks

gross NPAs is 1.29 as percentage of total assets. So if we

compare in private sector banks AXIS and HDFC Bank are below

average of all banks and in public sector BOB and BOI. Average of

these five private sector banks gross NPA is 1.25 and average of

public sector banks is 1.33. Which is higher in compare of private

sector banks.




GROSS NPA :-

2

1. 5

1

0 . 5

0

I C I C I I N DU S I N D KO T AK H DF C A XI S B OI B O B UB I D E NA P N B

COMPARISON OF NET NPA WITH ALL BANKS FOR THE YEAR

2007-08. Average of these ten bank’s net NPA is 0.56. And in the

public sector banks all these five banks are below this. But in

private sector banks there are three banks are above average. Thedifference between private and public banks average is also vast.

Private sector banks net NPA average is 0.71 and in public sector

banks it is 0.41 as percentage of total assets. As we know that net

NPA shows actual burden of banks. IndusInd bank has highest net

NPA figure and HDFC Bank has lowest in comparison.

NET NPA of banks:-

1.2

1.41

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

0

ICICI INDUSIND KOTAK HDFC AXIS BOI BOB UBI DENA PNB

PRIORITY –NON PRIORITY SECTOR

When we further bifurcate NPA in priority sector and Non priority sector.

Agriculture + small + others are priority sector. In private sector banks

ICICI Bank has the highest NPA in both sector in compare to other private

sector banks. Around 72% of NPA is with ICICI Bank with Rs.1359 crore




in priority sector and around 78% in non priority sector. We can see that

in private sector banks , banks has more NPA in non priority sector than

priority sector.

BANK AGRI SMALL OTHERS PRIORITY NON-

( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) SECTOR PRIORITY

( 1+2+3 )

AXIS 109.12 14.76 86.71 210.59 275.06

HDFC 36.12 110.56 47.70 194.41 709.23ICICI 981.85 23.35 354.13 1359.34 6211.12

KOTAK 10.00 33.84 4.04 47.87 405.20

INDUSIND 30.44 3.18 30.02 63.64 328.67

TOTAL 1167.53 185.69 522.60 1875.85 7929.28

PRIORITY

NON-PRIORITY

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

60007000

0AXIS HDFC ICICI KOTAK INDUSIND

BANK PRIORITY SECTOR NPA

(ADVANCED RS.CRORE )

BOB 5469 350BOI 3269 325

DENA 1160 106PNB 3772 443UBI 1924 197




PRIORITY

NPA

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

0

BOB BOI DENA PNB UBI

When we talk about public sector banks they are more in priority sector

and they given advanced to weaker sector or industries. Public sector

banks give more loans to Agriculture , small scale and others units and as

a result we see that there are more number of NPA in public sector banksthan in private sector banks. BOB given more advanced to priority sector

in 2007-08 than other four banks and Dena Bank is in least.

But when there are comparison between private bank and public sector

bank still ICICI Bank has more NPA in both priority and non priority sector

with the comparison of public sector banks. Large NPA in ICICI Bank

because the strategy of bank that risk-reward attitude and initiative in each

sector. Above we also discuss that ICICI Bank has highest deposit-

investment-advance than other banks.

Now, when we compare the all public sector banks and public sector

banks on priority and non-priority sector than the figures are really

shocking. Because in compare of private sector banks, public sector

banks numbers are very large

NON PRT 15158 14163 4800 8339TOTAL 38602 39749 6271 10419

Here, there are huge difference between private and public sector banks

NPA. There is increase in new private sector banks NPA of Rs.4148 cr in2007-08 which is almost 66% rise than previous year. In public sector

banks the numbers are not increased like private sector banks.

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