Banking lobby group Indian Banks' Association (IBA) is expected to
take the proposal, which is on the lines of the Sashakt panel recommendations,
to the finance ministry this week.
Banks
are likely to move big-ticket bad loans amounting to over Rs 60,000 crore to an
asset reconstruction company (ARC), which will focus on turning around non-performing
assets (NPAs) and enhancing value. Banks are likely to transfer more stressed
assets going forward.
The government could invest up to 50 per cent of the capital in the “bad bank” with a contribution of about Rs 9,000-10,000 crore, said sources.
The ARC is
expected to take up both old and new cases, bankers said.
Banking lobby
group Indian
Banks’ Association (IBA) is expected to take the proposal, which is on the
lines of the Sashakt panel recommendations, to the finance ministry this week.
The panel had
recommended that large bad loans could be resolved under an ARC. The IBA plan
envisages setting up of three entities — an ARC, an asset management company
(AMC), and an alternative investment fund (AIF) to acquire bad loans from banks
with an aim to turn around those assets.
The ARC will
acquire and aggregate the asset, the AMC will manage the assets — including
takeover of management or restructuring of assets, and the AIF will raise funds
and invest into securities floated by the ARC.
The proposed ARC
will have to be backed by the government. A similar arrangement was done in the
case of IDBI Bank where a stressed assets management fund was created, bankers
added. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to result in a rise in NPAs of
banks despite steps like allowing a 90-day moratorium on retail loans and
relaxing working capital financing norms.
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