Public sector Central Bank of India today reported widening of its net loss at Rs. 750.41 crore for the July-September
quarter of this fiscal due to higher provisioning for the bad loans.
The bank had reported a net loss of Rs. 641.82 crore in the
corresponding quarter of the 2016 -17 fiscal.
The bank’s gross non-performing assets (NPAs) jumped to 17.27
per cent of gross loans by September 30, 2017.The gross NPAs were 13.70 per cent of the gross loans at the end
of the same quarter a year earlier.
Likewise, net NPAs or bad loans jumped to 9.53 per cent as on
September 30, 2017 from 8.17 per cent a year ago, it said in a regulatory
filing. In absolute terms, gross NPAs were of the order of Rs. 31,641.15
crore as on September-end, up from Rs.25,717.95
crore a year ago.Net NPAs were valued at Rs. 15,899.74 crore, up from Rs. 14,352.64
crore during these comparable periods.
This resulted into a higher allocation in provision and
contingencies at Rs. 1,961.66
crore for second quarter of 2017-18 from Rs. 1,661.21 crore a year ago.
In respect of nine accounts under provisions of Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code (IBC), the bank said it was required to make an additional
provision of Rs. 961
crore, proportionated over three quarters beginning from second quarter of this
year so as to cover it fully by March 2018.
“The additional provision of Rs. 459 crore has since been made
during the quarter leaving a balance provision of Rs. 502 crore...by March 2018,”
it added.
Total income of the bank during the July—September quarter of
the current fiscal fell to Rs. 6,896.26
crore as against Rs. 6,965.45
crore in the similar quarter of previous fiscal, showed the balance sheet.
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