Year ending March 31 Specified period 1993 four quarters 1994 three quarters 1995 onwards two quarters 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 installment of principal has remained ‘past due’ for a specified period of time. The specified period was reduced in a phased manner as under : DEFINITION
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, a non-performing asset (NPA) shall be a loan or an advance where; interest and/ or installment 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 90 days, 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 installment 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.
CLASSIFICATION
Substandard Asset: Substandard asset is one which has remained NPA for a period less than or equal to 18 months. Doubtful Asset: Doubtful asset is one which has remained NPA for a period exceeding 18 months. Loss Asset: A loss asset is one where loss has been identified by the bank or internal or external auditors or the RBI inspection but the amount has not been written off wholly. In other words, such an asset is 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.
Asset Classification Particulars Provision Required % Standard Direct Advances to Agriculture & SME Sectors 0.25 Commercial Real Estate Advances 1.00 All other Loans & Advances not included in above 0.40 Sub-standard Secured Exposure (up to 6 months) -6 months to 1 year 15 25 Unsecured Exposure for Escrow A/ cs available in case of Infrastructure lending, infrastructure loan accounts (up to 6 months) -6 months to 1 year 25 40 Other Unsecured Exposure (up to 6 months) -6 months to 1 year 25 40 7 PROVISIONING NORMS
Asset Classification Particulars Provision Required % Doubtful - Secured Unsecured D1 ( Up to 2 year) 40 100 D2 (3 rd and 4 th year ) 100 100 D3 ( 5 th year onwards) 100 100 Loss Asset 100
When a loan a/c of a borrower is treated as NPA, all the other loan a/c of the borrower, even if they are otherwise regular, should be treated as NPA as NPA classification should be borrower wise & not facility wise. When various advance a/c of a borrower are in different categories of NPA, then the provisioning shall be as per the lowest category applicable. BORROWER WISE & NOT FACILITY WISE
Particulars Amount 1. Gross advances * 2. Gross NPAs * 3. Gross NPAs as a percentage of gross advances 4. Total Deductions (i+ii+iii+iv) i) Balance in Interest Suspense account$ ii) DICGC/ECGC claims received and held pending adjustment iii) Part payment received and kept in suspense account iv) Total provisions held ** 5. Net advances (1-4) 6. Net NPAs (2-4) 7. Net NPAs as a percentage of net Advances Reporting Format for Non-Performing Asset – Gross and Net Position Name of the Bank: Position as on .................... (rupees in crore up to two decimals) *excluding Technical write off of Rs. ………. crore. ** excluding amount of technical write off (Rs…….. … crores ) and provision on standard assets (Rs………..crore) $ banks which do not maintain an Interest Suspense account to park the accrued interest on NPAs, may furnish the amount of interest receivable on NPAs as a foot note to this statement
NPA of the banks, especially PSBs have been going up sharply recently. The Gross NPA of the listed banks rose 35.2% to 2.43 crore lakh crore during the first three quarters of 2013-14. in absolute terms, the 40 listed banks added ₹63,386 crore to their gross NPA during the nine months till Dec,13, with the SBI the largest lender in the country, leading with an accretion of ₹16,610 crore.
Item Public Sector Bank Nationalized Bank SBI Group Private Sector Bank Old Private Sector Bank New Private Sector Bank Foreign Bank Scheduled Commercial Bank Gross NPA Clossing Balance for 11-12 1178 696 482 187 42 145 62 1429 Opening Balance for 12-13 1178 696 482 187 42 145 62 1429 Addition during 12-13 1198 772 425 128 41 87 41 1368 Recovered during 12-13 648 429 219 63 30 33 24 736 Written off during 12-13 78 17 60 42 1 40 120 Clossing Balance for 12-13 1650 1022 627 210 52 158 79 1940 Gross NPA as percent of Gross Advances 2011-12 3.3 2.8 4.6 2.1 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.1 2012-13 4.1 3.6 5 2 1.9 2 2.9 3.6 Net NPA Closing Balance for 2011-12 593 391 202 44 13 30 14 652 Closing Balance for 2012-13 900 619 281 59 20 39 26 986 Net NPA as percent of Net Advances 2011-12 1.5 1.4 1.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.3 2012-13 2 2 2 0.5 0.8 0.4 1 1.7 Trends in NPA – Bank Group Wise
Economic Slowdown Economic growth slowing down & rate of interest going up sharply, corporate have been finding it difficult to repay loans, and it add up to rising NPA. Wait and watch approach Banks allow deteriorating asset class to go from bad to worse in the hope of revival and often offer restructuring option to corporate. Poor credit assessment process Operational factors Ordinary people often complain about difficulty in getting loans, while some large borrowers just get loans on a platter. REASONS FOR INCREASED NPA’s
Other factors Project not completed in time Failure of business Willful defaulters Natural calamities Diversion of funds
Reduce profitability Liquidity & Opportunity Cost Waste of valuable management time Impact on share prices Loss of credibility as high NPA reflect poorly on Management Gross NPA more than 10% in case of Co-op. Banks, Supervisory Action follows & restrictions imposed. IMPACT OF NPA
Banks should stop “ever-greening” or repeated restructuring of corporate debt to check the constant burging of their NPA. Management issue of ever-greening of loans could be avoided by “not renewing loans, particularly of corporate”. Extending those extra helping hand can go against the financial health of banks. Bank need to be more conservative in granting loans to sectors that have been traditionally found to be contributors of NPAs. Banks need to go much beyond the traditional analysis of financial statements & analyzing the history of promoters. There is a need to incorporate significance of economic factors in credit assessment process. HOW TO REDUCE ?
Banks need to evolve strategy through which defaulters are kept out of system unless they honor the previous payment. Banks need to look at operational factors causing increasing incidents of bad loans.
NPA RECOVERING TOOLS Lok adalats Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) SARFAESI ACT, 2002 (Securitization & Reconstruction of Financial Assets & Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002)
Lok Adalats Small value loans up to Rs 20 lakh can be amicably settled between the borrower and the lender using the forum of Lok Adalats. Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) Narasimham Committee Report I (1991) recommended the setting up of Special Tribunals to reduce the time required for settling cases. Accepting the recommendations, Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) were established. There are 22 DRTs and 5 Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals. In this court, only the recovery cases of Rs.10 Lacs & above can be filed.
The SARFAESI Act, 2002 gives powers of "seize and desist" to banks. Banks can give a notice in writing to the defaulting borrower requiring it to discharge its liabilities within 60 days. The Act provides three alternative methods for recovery of non-performing assets, namely: - Securitization - Asset Reconstruction Bad loans with outstanding above Rs. 1.00 Lac. NPA loan accounts where the amount is less than 20% of the Principal & Interest are not eligible to be dealt with under this Act. SARFAESI ACT, 2002
2011-2012 2012-2013 Recovery channel No of cases referred Amount Involved Amount recovered (4) as a % of (3) No of cases referred Amount Involved Amount recovered (4) as a % of (3) 1. Lok Adalats 476073 17 2 11.8 8,40,691 66 4 6.1 2. DRTS 13,365 241 41 17 13,408 310 44 14 3.SARFAEST AcT 1,40,991 353 101 28.6 1,90,537 681 185 27.1 Total 6,30,429 611 144 23.6 10,44,636 1,058 232 21.9 NPAs OF Schedule Commercial Banks Recovered through various channels