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Moots e-auction of NPAs, asks lenders to frame policy
Posted in News on Oct 28, 2017

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday expanded the market for banks’ stressed assets by permitting them to be sold to other lenders, including non-banking financial companies and financial institutions. The central bank also issued guidelines specifying that all assets classified as doubtful should be reviewed by the board of banks or a committee of board members.

Bad loan recovery by banks down 26% at ₹22,768 crore in FY16
Posted in News on Oct 28, 2017

Though banks have been making serious efforts to reduce their non-performing assets through various legal channels, the amount recovered by scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) in 2015-16 at ₹22,768 crore was 26 per cent lower compared with ₹30,792 crore in the previous year, the Reserve Bank of India said. The legal channels that banks resort to for reducing NPAs include Lok Adalats, Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) and invocation of SARFAESI (Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act).

Seven Steps to buy properties in Bank Auctions
Posted in Articles on Oct 28, 2017

The following are the seven steps to buy properties in Bank Auctions (https://bankauctions.in/) / Foreclosure properties (http://foreclosureindia.com/).

Thinking out of the box for bank NPAs
Posted in News on Oct 28, 2017

Almost all PSBs require recapitalization and the government cannot provide all the money. Sustainable solutions are needed

Roadblocks frustrating mandate of ARCs
Posted in News on Oct 28, 2017

Non-performing assets of the Indian banking system have crossed the Rs 9 lakh crore-mark Reports suggest that asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) purchased non-performing assets (NPA) valued at around Rs 5,000 crore in the most recent July-September quarter.