Finance Ministry to review performance of PSBs on Dec 22

New Delhi: The Ministry of Finance has called a meeting of heads of public sector banks on Friday to review the performance of lenders on various parameters, including NPA management.

According to sources, the meeting headed by Financial Services Secretary will review cases long pending for admission and resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).

Public Sector's voice PSU Watch is now on Whatsapp Channels. Click here to join

The meeting will also review the working of National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL), sources said.

NARCL, a Government entity, was incorporated in 2021 with a majority stake held by Public Sector Banks and balance by private banks with Canara Bank being the sponsor bank.

It is registered with the Reserve Bank of India as an Asset Reconstruction Company under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002.

The Cabinet in 2021 cleared a proposal to provide a government guarantee worth Rs 30,600 crore to security receipts issued by NARCL. As per the provision NARCL would pay up to 15 percent of the agreed value for the bad loans in cash and the remaining 85 percent would be government-guaranteed security receipts.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2021-22 speech announced that the government intends to set up a bad bank as part of the resolution of bad loans worth about Rs 2 lakh crore in the banking system.

(PSU Watch– India's Business News centre that places the spotlight on PSUs, Bureaucracy, Defence and Public Policy is now on Google News. Click here to follow. Also, join PSU Watch Channel in your Telegram. You may also follow us on Twitter here and stay updated.)