Monday, March 25, 2013

Nationalised banks in Rs 1.55 lakh crore debt trap

..............In a growing trend, several government-owned banks are resorting to settlements and write-offs rather than actual recovery. Canara Bank and Corporation Bank are trying to opt for the settlement and write-off route. Gupta, however, cautions that write-offs are hardly the way out of this precarious situation. “The moment you write-off (bad stock), your PCR (Provision Coverage Ratio) comes down. There is a limit to how much you can write off,”........

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