PSU banks announce share-swap ratios ahead of April 1 merger

Following the footsteps of State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda, the boards of 10 public-sector banks on Thursday approved mergers and issued share-swap ratios to create four large banks in the economy.
The four anchor banks will be Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, and Indian Bank. The merger will be effective from April 1.
Last year, Bank of Baroda took over Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank. Before that, State Bank of India (SBI) had merged all its five associate banks with itself to enter the global top 50 banks’ list in terms of size. Punjab National Bank (PNB) will merge with United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce to create the largest bank in the country after State Bank of India.

According to notifications to the stock exchanges, Delhi-based PNB will issue 1,150 shares for 1,000 shares of Oriental Bank of Commerce, and 121 shares for 1,000 shares of United Bank of India.
Mumbai-based Union Bank of India will take Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank. Union Bank of India will issue 325 shares for 1,000 shares of Andhra Bank, and 330 shares for 1,000 shares of Corporation Bank.
Bengaluru-based Canara Bank will issue 158 shares for 1,000 shares of Syndicate Bank.
Allahabad Bank said for every 1,000 shares (face value Rs 10) of Allahabad Bank, there would be 115 shares (face value Rs 10) of Indian Bank.
The Union Cabinet had approved the consolidation to build the mega banks “to create more efficient and bigger public sector banks in the challenging environment to meet the credit needs of a growing economy and to achieve operational efficiency by scale of business”. The amalgamation will lead to a wide geographical reach, technology adaption, and, more importantly, better utilisation of scarce capital.
A grievance redress system has been put in place, and a committee has been formed headed by a retired judge. If shareholders have any issue with the swap ratio — for example, if they feel they didn’t get enough time or if they need information — they can raise it. This is the board-approved swap ratio.
“After the committee receives all the grievances, it will have seven days to recommend changes, if needed, which will be the final swap ratio,” said a top official of a PSB to be merged.
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Allahabad Bank Q3 net loss widens over two-fold


Allahabad Bank on Tuesday reported an over two-fold jump in standalone net loss for the December quarter at ₹1,986.26 crore on higher bad loans and provisioning.

The state-owned lender had reported a net loss of ₹733 crore in the corresponding October-December period of the previous fiscal.

Total income (standalone) during the quarter under review grew to ₹4,860.35 crore from ₹4,756.88 crore in the same period of 2018-19.

The bank's gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rose to 18.93 per cent of the gross advances by the end of the December quarter as against 17.81 per cent a year ago.

However, it was down sequentially from 19.05 per cent at the end of September 2019.

In value terms, the gross NPAs or bad loans rose to ₹32,149.92 crore from ₹28,218.79 crore a year ago.

Net NPAs, however, came down to 5.13 per cent ( ₹7,449.27 crore) from 7.70 per cent ( ₹10.865.26 crore), Allahabad Bank said.

Provisions for bad loans for the quarter increased to ₹3,003 crore from ₹1,900 crore a year ago, it said.

"The bank is carrying additional provision of ₹1,801.26 crore over and above the provisions required to be made in terms of prudential norms issued by RBI, to ensure compliance with the PCA norms of net NPAs," the bank said.

The losses on consolidated basis too widened to ₹1,980.82 crore for the quarter from ₹746.83 crore in the year ago period. Income was higher at ₹5,009.57 crore as against ₹4,896.75 crore.

As a relief to MSME borrowers registered under GST, the Kolkata-headquartered lender said as many as 667 such accounts were restructured for an outstanding amount of ₹348.13 crore.

For the accounts covered under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), the bank is holding provision of ₹6,292.47 crore (100 per cent of total outstanding as on December 31, 2019).
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These PSU Banks to get Rs.8,655 crore for preferential allotment

The government has approved releasing Rs.8,655 crore to three public sector lenders -- Allahabad Bank, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and UCO Bank -- for preferential allotment of shares.

The Ministry of Finance has approved infusing fresh capital amounting to Rs.2,153 crore in Allahabad Bank, Rs.2,142 crore in UCO Bank and Rs.4,630 crore in IOB via for preferential allotment of shares.


Fresh capital infusion by the government is a part of the announcement made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her maiden Budget on 5 July.

Sitharaman had first proposed a capital infusion Rs.70,000 crore in public-sector banks in two phases. First, banks were to subscribe to bonds floated by the government and in the second phase, the government was to infuse the money into these banks.

As of 20 November, the government had infused Rs.60,314 crore in public-sector banks of the total of Rs.70,000 crore that was announced for these banks.

At 12.16pm, the shares of Allahabad Bank were nearly 8% up at Rs.19.15 apiece. Shares of UCO Bank were higher by 3.6% and IOB nearly 9% at Rs.17.40 and Rs.12.25 , respectively.


All these three banks are currently under the Reserve Bank of India’s prompt corrective action (PCA) framework and their ability to exit the same will be driven by a reduction in net non-performing asset ratio to less than 6.0% and maintenance of capital conservation buffer, which further depends on the capital infusion by the government.
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Allahabad bank Q2 net loss widens


Allahabad Bank on Friday reported widening of net loss to Rs 2,103.19 crore for the September quarter 2019-20 due to higher provision for bad loans. The state-owned lender had registered a loss of Rs 1,816.19 crore during the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing.

In the preceding June quarter, the bank clocked a profit of Rs 128 crore.

Total income during July-September 2019 however rose to Rs 4,725.23 crore from Rs 4,492.23 crore in the same period last fiscal, the filing said.

Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans increased to 19.05 per cent (Rs 31,467.53 crore) of the gross advances as on September 30, 2019 from 17.53 per cent (Rs 27,236.19 crore) by the same period of 2018.

Net NPAs came down to 5.98 per cent (Rs 8,502.09 crore) from 7.96 per cent (Rs 11,082.74 crore) in the year-ago period, it said.

The provisioning for bad loans spiked to Rs 2,721.97 crore in the second quarter, from Rs 1,991.88 crore in the year-ago period.

During the quarter under review, the bank made additional provision of Rs 1,982.41 crore over and above the provisions required to be made in terms of prudential norms issued by the RBI, to ensure compliance with the PCA norms of the net non-performing advances, it added.

The bank said it made no additional provisioning for the cases admitted under NCLT (list 1 and 2) as per the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code for the quarter as well as first half ended September of this fiscal as it had already parked Rs 749.51 crore as at March-end 2018 towards these.

The non-performing loan provision coverage ratio of the bank is 79.30 per cent, it said.

"Pursuant to Government of India letter dated August 30, 2019 on amalgamation of PSBs, the board of directors in its meeting held on September 16, 2019 has considered and accorded its in-principle approval for amalgamation of the bank with Indian Bank and commencement of the amalgamation process, subject to all applicable approvals," Allahabad Bank said.

Further, the bank is evaluating the option of lower corporate tax under the amended tax rules.
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Allahabad Bank Q1 result, posts a net profit

Allahabad Bank reported a net profit of Rs 128 crore in Q1 June 2019 as compared to a net loss of Rs 1944.37 crore in Q1 June 2018.

Bank's gross non-performing assets (NPAs) stood at Rs 28,703.47 crore as on 30 June 2019 as against Rs 28,704.78 crore as on 31 March 2019 and Rs 25,067.55 crore as on 30 June 2018.

The ratio of gross NPAs to gross advances stood at 17.43% as on 30 June 2019 as against 17.55% as on 31 March 2019 and 15.97% as on 30 June 2018.

The ratio of net NPAs to net advances stood at 5.71% as on 30 June 2019 as against 5.22% as on 31 March 2019 and 7.32% as on 30 June 2018.

The provisions and contingencies declined 63.48% to Rs 1008.80 crore in Q1 June 2019 from Rs 2762.82 crore in Q1 June 2018. Provision coverage ratio of the bank was at 78.58% as on Q1 June 2019.

Bank's capital adequacy ratio (Basel III) rose to 12.55% in Q1 June 2019 from 6.88% in Q1 June 2018.

The Government of India holds 92.1% stake in Allahabad Bank as of 30 June 2019.


Allahabad Bank is a leading public sector commercial banks in India, offering banking products and services to corporate and commercial customers and retail customers.
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Five PSU banks have over 70% NPA from industry in FY19


The non-performing assets (NPAs) in the industry sector accounted for over 50 per cent of the total bad debts in 18 of the 20 state-run banks in 2018-19, indicating the massive concentration risk still facing the banking sector.

Five state-run banks reported that bad debts from industry contributed more than 70 per cent of their total NPAs, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data presented by the Finance Ministry to the Lok Sabha Monday.

Alarmingly, of these five banks, four are relatively smaller ones.

Andhra Bank had the highest share of industry bad debts at 86 per cent, followed by United Bank of India (UBI) at 78 per cent and Indian Bank at 74 per cent.

The country’s largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI) had 73 per cent of its bad debts from the industry sector, followed by Allahabad Bank at 70 per cent.

Only two banks saw the share of industry NPAs at less than 50 per cent — Syndicate Bank and Bank of India at 36 per cent and 49 per cent, respectively.

Industry issue
Basic metals and metal products, gems and jewellery, engineering, vehicles, construction and textiles have been the major groups within industry seeing high levels of stress, RBI had pointed out in its December 2018 report of trends and progress in banking in India.

In 2017-18, even though industry received 37.3 per cent of total loans and advances by all the banks, it contributed to about three-fourth of the total NPAs.

However, with resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) picking up pace in 2018-19, industry NPAs have been coming down and banks have been making better recoveries.

The gross NPAs of state-run banks as of March 2019 was at Rs 8.06 lakh crore, as against Rs 8.95 lakh crore in the year-ago period.

Steps taken to resolve bad debts
The Modi government has announced many steps over the last few years to tackle the burgeoning bad debt problem. These include enactment of the IBC, amendments to the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, staffing the debt recovery tribunals, and asking banks to crack down on defaulters.

However, despite all these steps, resolution of bad debts has been a slow process, forcing the Modi government to go in for a massive bank capitalisation drive to ensure that state-run banks do not breach any regulatory capital requirements.

The government has also accelerated the bank consolidation drive by merging a big banks with smaller, lesser-performing ones to create a large competitive entity. The government merged State Bank of India with its associate banks and followed it with the merger of Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank.
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Another PSU Bank reports Rs 1,775 cr fraud by Bhushan Power & Steel

Kolkata-headquartered state owned lender, Allahabad Bank, has reported a fraud of Rs 1774.82 crore by Bhushan Power & Steel to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
In a stock market notification, on July 13, the bank has alleged misappropriation of funds and manipulation in the books of accounts by Bhushan Power & Steel to raise money from a consortium of banks.
The lender further added that a provision of Rs 900.20 crore has already been made against the exposure.
“It has been observed that the company has misappropriated bank funds, manipulated books of accounts to raise funds from consortium lender banks. At present, the case is at NCLT which is in advance stage and the Bank expects good recovery of the account,” it said in a notice to the bourses.
Allahabad Bank is the second lender after Punjab National Bank (PNB) to report a fraud by Bhushan Power & Steel. Earlier this month, PNB reported a Rs 3,800 crore fraud by the company.
 Bhushan Power & Steel defaulted on Rs 47,700 crore worth of loans in 2017 and was one of the 12 cases referred for resolution under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
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Four PSU Banks fined for violation of KYC norms by RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.75 crore on four public-sector banks, including PNB and UCO Bank, for non-compliance with KYC requirement and norms for opening of current accounts. While PNB, Allahabad Bank and UCO Bank have been fined Rs 50 lakh each, a Rs 25-lakh penalty has been imposed on Corporation Bank.



Giving details, the RBI said the penalty has been imposed for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by it on know your customer norms or anti-money laundering standards and opening of current accounts. The action, however, is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the banks with their customers, the RBI added.




In a stock exchange filing on Tuesday, UCO Bank said, “We inform that the RBI in exercise of powers conferred under Section 47 (A) (1) (c) read with Section section 51 and 46 (4) (1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 million (Rs 50 lakh) on UCO Bank for non-compliance of RBI directives on ‘KYC norms/AML standards/CFT/obligation of banks and financial institutions under PMLA 2002’ and also on ‘opening of current accounts by banks — need for discipline’.”




Similarly, Allahabad Bank, in a stock exchange filing, said the RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on the bank for non-compliance of the directions issued the by RBI on “KYC norms/AML standards” and “opening of current accounts”.
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Punjab National Bank (PNB) likely to takeover two or three PSU banks

Punjab National Bank (PNB) is likely to takeover two to three smaller state-run banks -- Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), Andhra Bank and Allahabad Bank -- in the next three months, reports Reuters.

The government has been striving to revive the health of public sector banks. In February, it announced a recapitalisation tranche of Rs 48,239 crore for as many as 12 public sector banks in a bid to take them out of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework. Their lending ability was constrained by RBI when they were put under this framework.

The 12 banks are Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank of India, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Andhra Bank, Syndicate Bank, Central Bank of India, United Bank of India, UCO Bank and Indian Overseas Bank.
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Allahabad Bank's net loss widens in Q4

State-run Allahabad Bank on Friday said it has posted a net loss of Rs 3,834.07 crore in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2018-19 (FY 19), widening from a net loss of Rs 3,509.63 crore in the year-ago period.

The lender's operating profit, in the quarter under review, stood at Rs 634.26 crore up from Rs 122.9 crore in the corresponding period of the financial year 2017-18 (FY18).

It said provision for bad loans increased to Rs 5,278.88 crore in the quarter ended March, 31, 2019 from Rs 5126 crore in same quarter of previous fiscal.

The bank's capital adequacy ratio stood at Rs 12.51 per cent at the end of FY19, improving from 10.42 per cent in the December quarter
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Allahabad Bank Recruitment for Specialist Officer Posts 2019


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2 more PSU banks out of RBI’s PCA watch; one private bank also finds its way out

The RBI Tuesday lifted lending curbs on two more public sector banks (PSBs), Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank, by removing them from its weak-bank watch list. Private sector Dhanlaxmi Bank too has been taken out of the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework. Earlier on January 31, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Oriental Bank of Commerce were taken out of the PCA Framework. In a statement, the RBI said the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) reviewed the performance of banks under PCA and noted that the government has infused fresh capital on February 21 into various banks including some of the banks currently under the PCA framework.

Of these banks, Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank had received Rs 6,896 crore and Rs 9,086 crore, respectively. Capital infusion, the RBI said, has shored up their capital funds and also increased their loan loss provision to ensure that the PCA parameters were complied with. "Accordingly, based on the principles adopted by the BFS in its earlier meeting dated January 31, 2019, it was decided in the meeting held on February 26, 2019 that Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank be taken out of the PCA Framework subject to certain conditions and continuous monitoring," RBI said.

The gross non-performing assets of Corporation Bank stood at 17.36 per cent of the gross advances at the end of December quarter of this fiscal, up from 15.92 per cent in the same period of previous fiscal. For Allahabad Bank, the gross NPA rose to 17.81 per cent from 14.38 per cent a year ago. RBI further it has also been decided to take Dhanlaxmi Bank out of the PCA Framework, subject to certain conditions and continuous monitoring, as the bank is found to be not breaching any of the Risk Thresholds of the PCA Framework.


Dhanlaxmi Bank's gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rose to 8.11 per cent of the total advances, from 6.96 per cent at the end of the third quarter of 2017-18. RBI also it will continuously monitor the performance of the banks under various parameters," the central bank said. Five public sector banks -- United Bank of India, UCO Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Dena Bank -- are still remain under PCA framework, which imposes lending restrictions and prevents them from expanding, among other curbs.

The PCA framework was one of the contentious issue between the government and the RBI. The government wanted the central bank to align the PCA framework to the global norms. The PCA framework kicks in when banks breach any of the three key regulatory trigger points -- namely capital to risk weighted assets ratio, net non-performing assets (NPA) and return on assets (RoA). Globally, PCA kicks in only when banks slip on a single parameter of capital adequacy ratio, and the government and some of the independent directors of the RBI board, like S Gurumurthy, are in favour of this practice being adopted for the domestic banking sector as well.
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Allahabad Bank narrows losses in Q3FY19

State-run Allahabad Bank on Wednesday announced a net loss of Rs 732.81 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, narrowing the net loss of Rs 1,263.79 crore reported for year ago period.

The lender, which is under the prompt corrective action (PCA) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), had reported a net loss of Rs 1,822.71 crore for the second quarter of the current fiscal.
The city-headquartered lender posted an operating profit of Rs 768.97 crore, down by 16.6 per cent year-on-year from Rs 922.17 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal. But the same increased by 44 per cent quarter-on-quarter from Rs 533.97 crore.

Also read- Q3FY19 Results of all Public & Private Sector banks in India 
On a year-on-year basis, total income at Rs 4,756.88 crore during the period remained flat compared with Rs 4,755.33 crore in the year-ago quarter. It increased by nearly 8 per cent on the quarter-on-quarter basis from Rs 4,410.72 crore in the July-September period.

During the third quarter of FY19, gross non-performing assets (NPAs) increased on a quarter-on-quarter basis in absolute terms to Rs 28,218.79 crore from Rs 27,236.19 crore in the September quarter.
The net NPA was at Rs 10,865.26 crore in the third quarter , down from Rs 11,082.74 crore by the end of September quarter.
Gross NPA of the bank as a percentage of total loans was at 17.81 per cent by the end of December quarter against 17.53 per cent in the previous quarter. During the period under review, net NPA ratio at 7.70 per cent also decreased sequentially.
Provisions and contingencies were at Rs 1,495.34 crore, down substantially from Rs 2,413.46 crore in Q3FY18. At Rs 1,900 crore, provisions for NPAs decreased by 7 per cent year-on-year.
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Govt mulls additional capital infusion in five PSU banks

The government is considering additional capital infusion of up to Rs 30,000 crore in public sector banks as they have been unable to raise required funds from the markets, sources said.


As part of the capital infusion plan announced by the Finance Ministry in October 2017, the government envisaged that public sector banks (PSBs) would raise Rs 58,000 crore from the stock markets by March 2019 to meet Basel III norms.

However, due to subdued market conditions, banks have been unable to raise enough funds from the markets so far.

In addition, non-performing assets of many banks have seen a spurt in the first two quarters of this fiscal, putting stress on their bottomlines.

However, the banks have got a breather in respect of Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB), a part of Basel III norms. The RBI, at its last board meeting, deferred the requirement to meet the CCB target by one year, leaving about Rs 37,000 crore in the hands of banks.

Despite this relaxation, PSBs need more funds to meet global capital norms called Basel III as the RBI has retained the capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) at 9 percent, sources said, adding, the shortfall could be around Rs 30,000 crore.

However, sources said the matter is being considered by the government and the final decision is expected in the next few weeks.

The government had decided to take a massive step to capitalise PSBs in a front-loaded manner, with a view to support credit growth. This entailed mobilisation of capital to the tune of about Rs 2,11,000 crore over the next two years -- through budgetary provisions of Rs 18,139 crore, recapitalisation bonds of Rs 1,35,000 crore, and the balance through raising of capital by banks from the market while diluting government equity estimated at Rs 58,000 crore.


As per this plan, the remaining capital infusion is about Rs 42,000 crore.

Earlier this year, the government pumped in Rs 11,336 crore into five PSBs -- PNB, Allahabad Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank -- to improve their financial health.

PNB, hit by the Nirav Modi scam, got the highest amount of Rs 2,816 crore, while Allahabad Bank received Rs 1,790 crore. Andhra Bank got capital support of Rs 2,019 crore, Indian Overseas Bank Rs 2,157 crore and Corporation Bank Rs 2,555 crore.
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These banks will be major beneficiaries of Modi govt’s capital infusion

Banks such as the Punjab National Bank, Corporation Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Allahabad Bank and Bank of India may be major beneficiaries of the government’s enhanced capital infusion plan.
The Modi government has moved to provide additional capital to weak banks after failing to make headway with the Reserve Bank of India over the relaxation of restrictions placed on these banks under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) norms.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday announced that the government will infuse an additional Rs 41,000 crore of capital into state-run banks, over and above the budgeted amount of Rs 65,000 crore in the fiscal year 2018-19.
With only part of the infusion done so far, more than Rs 83,000 crore of capital will be infused in some state-run banks by the next quarter.
Apart from PNB, the other banks are among the 11 that are under the RBI’s PCA framework. The PNB, hit by the massive Rs 14,000 crore Nirav Modi fraud, has key parameters such as capital adequacy ratio under severe pressure forcing the government to infuse capital to prevent the lender from being pushed into the PCA framework.

Infusion to aid weak banks

The capital is aimed at meeting regulatory capital norms, providing capital to better performing PCA banks to ensure that their key metrics like net NPAs and capital adequacy ratio are well above the regulatory norms so as to facilitate their exit from the framework and to ensure that other banks don’t slip into it, Jaitley said.
Secretary, financial services, Rajiv Kumar said the aim is to help at least four to five banks move out of the PCA framework.
The government contends that the removal of lending restrictions will help in improving the credit flow to important sectors of the economy including the politically important constituency of micro, small and medium enterprises.
The relaxation of the PCA framework has been a major point of difference between the government and the RBI. In its 19 November meeting, the government had argued that the RBI’s PCA framework is far stricter than the global norms.

For instance, RBI takes into account net NPAs as well as negative returns on assets besides capital adequacy to determine if a bank should be placed under the PCA framework, unlike other countries that only look at capital adequacy.
The RBI, however, had defended its stance arguing that restrictions on lending are helping the weak banks strengthen their balance sheet. The matter was eventually referred to the board of financial supervision headed by the governor.
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Allahabad Bank posts huge Q2 loss on higher NPA provisions

State-owned Allahabad Bank on Tuesday reported a net loss of Rs.1,822.71 crore in the September quarter of 2018-19 financial year, on higher provisioning for bad loans. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs.70.20 crore in the July-September quarter of 2017-18.
However, as compared to the June quarter this fiscal, the bank narrowed the losses from Rs.1,944.37 crore.
Total income also fell to Rs.4,410.72 crore during the quarter as against Rs.5,067.78 crore in the same period of 2017-18, Allahabad Bank said in a BSE filing.

Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) jumped to 17.53 per cent of the gross advances as on September 30, 2018 as against 14.10 per cent by the same period a year ago.
Net NPAs or bad loans fell to 7.96 per cent of the net loans as against 8.84 per cent in the year-ago period.
In absolute value, gross bad loans stood at Rs.27,236.19 crore by the end of September quarter 2018-19, as against Rs.21,454.27 crore in the year-ago period. Net NPAs were Rs.11,082.74 crore as against Rs.12,662.18 crore.
Due to rise in bad loans, provisioning for NPAs were raised to Rs.1,991.88 crore for the reported quarter from Rs.1,469.52 crore in the same period of 2017-18.
The overall provisioning and contingencies rose to Rs.2,356.04 crore for the quarter as against Rs.1,497.11 crore in the year-ago period.
Non-performing loan provision coverage ratio of the bank is 67.81 per cent, it said.
Citing RBI circular permitting banks to continue the exposures to MSME borrowers to be classified as standard assets, Allahabad Bank said it has retained advances of Rs.576.43 crore as standard asset as on September 30, 2018.

“In accordance with the provisions of the circular, the bank has not recognised interest income of Rs.18.84 crore and is maintaining a standard asset provision of Rs.27.88 crore as on September 30, 2018 in respect of such borrowers,” it said.
The bank also informed that it has spread the provision for fraud/red flagged accounts of Rs. 802.70 crore in 27 accounts as on September 30, 2018.
Further, a provision of Rs.161.30 crore (cumulative Rs.390.58 crore up to September 30, 2018) has been reversed out of Rs.390.58 crore, Allahabad Bank said.
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Govt pumps Rs 3054 cr into one of the PSB

Allahabad Bank on Thursday said the government had infused Rs 3,054 crore into the state-run lender.
“In terms of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the bank has received a communication from the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services regarding fresh capital infusion of Rs 3054 crore towards contribution of the central government in the preferential allotment of equity shares (special securities/bonds) of the bank during financial year 2018-19, as government’s investment,” Allahabad Bank said in a notification to the BSE.

The bank had posted a June-quarter loss of Rs 1,944 crore against a profit of Rs 28.8 crore a year ago. The interest earned by the bank during the first quarter stood at Rs 4,600 crore, compared with Rs 4,148 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.
Provisions and contingencies rose to Rs 2,763 crore during the April-June quarter, from Rs 1,335 crore in the year-ago period. Provisions for non-performing assets (NPAs) during the quarter came in at Rs 2,950 crore versus Rs 1,687 crore a year ago. Gross NPAs stood at 15.97% of the total advances against 15.96% in the previous quarter, while net NPAs were at 7.32% against 8.04%.
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Three PSU bank show signs of revival under RBI's PCA watch

The tussle between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government has reached a level where finding a middle ground looks difficult, if not impossible.
The Centre took the unprecedented call of invoking Section 7 of the RBI Act, 1934 for the first time in history to direct the RBI on issues that are plaguing the Indian economy. One of them is to ease RBI's tight norms on prompt corrective action (PCA) against 12 banks.
RBI and the centre's differences are in relation to the apex bank's handling of weak public sector banks, tight liquidity in the market and resolving bad loans in the power sector. Some reports even claimed that RBI Governor Urjit Patel was considering resigning if the situation worsened.

Till now 12 banks are under the purview of PCA framework. 11 are public sector banks (PSB) and one is a private bank. In 2014, United Bank of India became the first bank to be added to the PCA list. Two more were added in 2015 and eight other under-performing banks in 2017. Recently Allahabad Bank was added to the list in January 2018. Seven out of 12 banks have shown improvement after coming under the RBI's PCA list. In that mainly 3 banks Bank of India(BOI),Corporation bank and OBC bank have seen better to revival from PCA.
Here's how these 12 banks under the PCA list have fared:
Performers :
Corporation Bank
Corporation Bank came under the purview of PCA framework in December, 2017. Corporation Bank has displayed improved performance under the PCA plan. It posted a profit of Rs 84.96 crores in Q1 FY19. Return on assets was at 0.17 per cent, indicating future profit potential. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel III norms stood at 8.46 per cent. However it lacked on the non-performing asset front as its NPA saw rise of 0.73 per cent and stood at 11.46 per cent.
Bank of India
PCA framework was implemented on Bank of India in December, 2017. Since then the bank has been able stage a turnaround posting better quarterly results. Profit after tax for June quarter was Rs 95.11 crores, an improvement from the preceding quarter when it posted a loss of Rs 3,969.27 crores. Net NPA stood at 8.45 per cent which has seen a drop of 1.84 per cent since the implementation of PCA. CAR as per Basel III norms stood at 11.43 per cent. Return on assets (ROA) which stood at 0.06 per cent, also displayed growth after being negative for two consecutive quarters (-2.36 in Q4 FY17 and -1.36 in Q3 FY17), indicating increased profitability potential in future.
Allahabad Bank
Allahabad Bank was introduced under the PCA framework in January, 2018. Since then Allahabad bank has shown slight improvement. Its net loss has decreased by 45.6 per cent, net NPA has fallen by 1.81 per cent, and return on assets (ROA) has improved by 44.19 per cent. But, ROA is still negative at -3.22 in the June quarter. CAR as per Basel III norms has reduced to 6.88 per cent.
Oriental Bank of Commerce
The bank was added to the PCA queue in October 2017. Oriental Bank has performed better than most PSBs banks in the PCA framework. It was able to post a profit of Rs 101.74 crores in Q2 FY19 which represents an increase by over 125 per cent since Q1 FY19. Its net NPA stood at just over 10 per cent and CAR as per Basel III norms was at 10.35 per cent. The best part of its performance was that it was able to turnaround its ROA after being in the negative for 7 continuous quarters. As of Q2 FY19, its ROA stood at 0.16 per cent.

Bank of Maharashtra
Bank of Maharashtra came under the PCA purview in June, 2017. Only once in the last six quarters has it been profitable, that too a mere Rs 27 crores in September 2018. CAR as per Basel III norms stood at 9.87 per cent which is a reduction of 1.21 per cent since June 2017. Net NPA witnessed a fall of 1.87 per cent. ROA has made a comeback at 0.07 per cent, which was earlier consistently in negative for straight 10 quarters.
Dhanlaxmi Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank was introduced under the PCA framework in November 2015. It is the only private sector bank under the purview of RBI's PCA. Since then, its losses have reduced. In FY18 it posted a loss of Rs 24.87 crores which was Rs 241.47 crores in FY15. Its ROA has worsened in FY18 to 0.20 per cent. The bank has adequate CAR of 13.87 per cent as of FY18. The only good thing about Dhanlaxmi Bank is that it has fewer net NPAs as compared to other banks in the PCA list. Its net NPAs stood at only 2.92 per cent as of September 2018.
UCO Bank
PCA framework was implemented on UCO bank in May, 2017 by the RBI. Since then its performance has been more or less the same. Its net loss stood at Rs 633.88 crores in Q1 FY19. Its net NPAs have increased, instead of decreasing, to 12.74 per cent, with CAR at 9.18 per cent. ROA stood weak at -1.1 per cent. ROA of UCO bank has been in the negative since the last 11 quarters.
Under-performers :
Dena Bank
Dena Bank came under the PCA purview in May, 2017. Since then it has consistently underperformed. As per the latest filings available it posted a net loss of Rs 416.7 crores in Q2 FY19.Its net NPAs which stood at 11.7 per cent in Q2 FY19 are also increasing. NPAs have risen by close to 0.5 per cent since it has come under PCA. ROA of Dena Bank is -1.44 per cent. ROA has been negative since the last 3 quarters. CAR stood high a 10.1 per cent for Q2 FY19.
Central Bank of India
Central Bank of India was brought under the PCA framework in June, 2017. It has been a loss making PSU bank since December 2015. As per the June 2018 quarterly result, it posted a loss of Rs 1,522.24 crores. Net NPA is 10.58 per cent and ROA stood at -1.85. ROA has remained negative since the last 11 quarters. Its CAR as per Basel III norms stood at 8.05 per cent.
Indian Overseas Bank
Indian Overseas Bank was added to the PCA queue in August, 2015. It was the second bank that came under the purview of PCA. Since then, its NPAs have been on the higher side. Its net NPA stood tall at 14.34 per cent in Q2 FY19. Its NPAs have been above 13 per cent since the last 10 quarters and it has suffered losses in the last 13 quarters. As of September 2018 its net loss stood at Rs 487.26 crores. ROA, which is a measure of profitability, is also negative for the last 13 quarters and stood at -0.71 per cent in Q2 FY19. CAR as per Basel III norms stood at 9.16 per cent.
United Bank of India
United Bank of India was the first bank to be added to the PCA list in February 2014. Since then it has not been able to improve its performance. Its net NPA which stood at 15.17 per cent in Q2 FY19 is highest among the PSBs. United Bank of India had a negative ROA of 1.08 per cent and CAR of 10.96 per cent in Q1 FY19.

IDBI Bank
RBI added IDBI bank to PCA list in May, 2017. IDBI Bank has probably been the worst in the lot of underperformers. Its net loss has been mounting since December 2017. Net loss for the Q1 FY19 stood at Rs 2,409.89 crores. Non-Performing assets are also consistently rising since the introduction of the PCA framework. IDBI's net NPA stood at a staggering 18.76 per cent. CAR as per Basel III norms stood at 8.18 per cent.
Earlier, in March 2018 Credit Suisse said Punjab National Bank and Andhra Bank could be next additions in the PCA purview.
The PCA framework is implemented if a commercial bank's performance falls below a specified mark. The PCA framework specifies the trigger points or the parameters at which the RBI will intervene with corrective action.
The parameters and their levels, at which corrective action kicks-in are:
  1.  Capital to Risk weighted Asset Ratio (CRAR) below 9 per cent.
  2.  Net Non-Performing Assets (NPA) above 10 per cent.
  3. Return on Assets (RoA) below 0.25 per cent.
  4. Leverage ratio
Some of the structured and discretionary actions that could be implemented by the Reserve Bank against banks under PCA are restrictions on distributing dividends, remitting profits and certain deposits. Besides, there are restrictions on the expansion of branch network, and the lenders need to maintain higher provisions, along with caps on management compensation and directors' fees. The corrective action gets tougher if the financials worsen.

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