Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) informed that the total impact of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Â’s revised norms on provisioning for non-performing assets (NPAs) and restructured loans would be about Rs 200 crore a year. He said this would be less than 1 per cent on a PBT (profit before tax) basis and hence it may not have a significant impact on SBIÂ’s profitability
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Tighter provisioning norms may hit banks’ margins
Following the tightening of norms on provisioning for restructured loans by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks might have to set aside Rs 1,500-2,500 crore as provisions in 2013-14 for their existing recast loan book. Ratings agency Icra said this in a report. Recently, the central bank said banks have to raise provisioning for the existing stock of restructured assets to 5 per cent in a phased manner over three years from the
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RBI introduces new provisioning norms
In an official statement, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said banks must make 3.75 percent provisioning, from March 31, 2014, for loans already restructured. The provisioning would rise further to 5 percent with effect from March 31, 2015, the statement said. The central bank also said that with effect from April 1, 2015, restructured accounts would be immediately classified as sub-standard. Non-performing asse
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Net profit of Bank of India rises 12% in Dec quarter
During October-December 2012, the net profit of state-run Bank of India rose 12 per cent to Rs 803 crore from Rs 716 crore in the year-ago period. The bank said it could not achieve a higher growth in net profit because of rise in provisioning and modest growth in advances
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Additional provisioning may hit PSBs
The earnings of public sector banks (PSBs) may take a beating in Oct-Dec 2012 quarter because of an additional provisioning of 0.75 per cent, as directed by the Reserve bank of India (RBI), analysts feel. Analysts expect private sector banks to post better earnings results during the quarter as compared to their public
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Ministry gets request for full tax break on provisioning
At a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister P Chidambaram, several banks have sought full deduction for income-tax purposes on the provisions made by them for bad and doubtful debts. If the request is accepted by the government, it would benefit banks in a big way at a time when non-perfo
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Restructured loan ratio rises in banking system
Data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) suggests that the ratio of restructured to gross advances is at a five-year post-Lehman high of 5 per cent for the banking system as a whole. It may be recalled that in 2008-09, RBI allowed the “one-time” dispensation to restructure sub-standard asse