INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The government on Monday said the Non Performing Assets (NPAs) of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) stood at Rs 7.27 lakh crore as on September 30,
Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur also said in Lok Sabha that scheduled commercial banks and select financial institutions
have reported frauds to the tune of Rs 1,13,374 crore in the first half of the current financial year
Thakur said during Question Hour that as a result of transparent recognition of stressed assets as NPAs, gross NPAs of PSBs, as per RBI
data on global operations, rose from Rs 2,79,016 crore as on March 31, 2015, to Rs 6,84,732 crore as on March 31, 2017 and Rs 8,95,601 crore
"As a result of Government's strategy of recognition, resolution, recapitalisation and reforms, have since declined by Rs 1,68,305 crore
to Rs 7,27,296 crore as on September 30, 2019," he said
The minister said systematic and comprehensive checking, including of legacy stock of NPAs of PSBs, for frauds under the framework has been
taken note of by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Financial Stability Report of December 2019, where it has observed that this has
helped unearth frauds perpetrated over a number of years
This is reflected in the increased amount involved in frauds of Rs
1 lakh and above, reported by Scheduled Commercial Banks and select financial institutions, from Rs 23,934 crore in the financial year (FY)
2016-17 to Rs 41,167 crore in FY2017-18, Rs 71,543 crore in FY2018-19, and Rs 1,13,374 crore in the first half of the current financial
