RBI puts Central Bank of India on PCA watchlist over surging bad loans
RBI puts Central Bank of India on PCA watchlist over surging bad loans
Central Bank of India’s net non-performing assets (NPAs) jumped to 10.20% of net advances for the financial year 2016-17 from 7.36% year ago
New Delhi: Public sector Central Bank of India has been placed under the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) watchlist on Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) owing to high bad loans and negative return on assets.
IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank and Dena Bank have already come under the PCA initiated by the RBI, which is a noose-tightening on fresh loan disbursal as well as dividend distribution.
“Reserve Bank of India, vide its letter dated 13 June 2017, has put the bank under Prompt Corrective Action in view of high NPA (non-performing assets) and negative return on assets (RoA),” Central Bank of India said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The bank further said: “We believe that corrective measures arising out of the PCA will help in improving overall performance of the bank.”
For the fiscal ended March 2017, the bank has reported a net loss of Rs2,439 crore, against a loss of Rs1,418 crore in 2015-16. Net non-performing assets (NPAs) also jumped to 10.20% of net advances for the fiscal from 7.36% year ago. The return on assets were at (-)0.80%.
The PCA is a framework devised by the RBI that monitors key areas like capital, asset quality and profitability of banks.
As part of the PCA framework, among others, there are a few threshold levels with regard to a bank’s common equity tier-I (CET 1) capital, and upon breach of a certain level, a bank may become a likely candidate for resolution via different methods like amalgamation, reconstruction and winding up. If there is a default on part of a bank to meet depositors’ obligation, a possible resolution process can even by resorted without any reference to the PCA module.
Earlier in April, the RBI revised the PCA framework with a clause that if the bank does not show improvement, then it could be either merged or taken over by other bank. Stock of Central Bank of India closed the day 2.52% higher at Rs101.65 on BSE.
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