Friday, November 22

Tag: NPA

In all cash deal, JSW Set to Acquire Bhushan Steel For $6.28 billion
ACQUISITION

In all cash deal, JSW Set to Acquire Bhushan Steel For $6.28 billion

India’s largest private steelmaker JSW Steel Ltd receives a letter of intent from the committee of creditors of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd, thus approving the Bhushan steel resolution plan for the steel mill. JSW Steel will now pay Rs19,700 crore ($6.28 billion) in upfront cash to Bhushan Power and Steel’s lenders and infuse ₹350 crore in the steelmaker to revive it. Bhushan Power and Steel is the second insolvent firm acquired by Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel after Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd last year. Bhushan Power and Steel operates a 3.5 million tonne (mt) steel plant in Odisha. Under its earlier promoter Sanjay Singhal, the company had accumulated debt of more than₹47,000 crore. It was one of firms in Reserve Bank of India’s “dirty dozen” list of NPA accounts referred to t...
Government Banks’ Losses Crossed Rs 87,000 This Year
INDIA

Government Banks’ Losses Crossed Rs 87,000 This Year

The fiscal 2017-18 showed losses for the public sector banks crossing a tremendous amount of Rs 87,300 crore, with Punjab National Bank on the top with a fraud contaminated amount of nearly Rs 12,283 crore. Our country consists of over 21 public sector banks and among them, only two banks have shown profitability during the financial year 2017-18, namely Indian Bank and Vijaya Bank.  Indian Bank showed the highest profit of Rs 1,258.99 crore and on the other hand, Vijaya Bank’s profit was Rs 727.02 crore. The Delhi-based Punjab National Bank is losing its balance under a fraud amounting around Rs 14,000 crore, reportedly being carried out by Nirav Modi and associates, and has shown a net loss of Rs 12,282.82 crore in the previous financial year. The bank had posted a profit of Rs 1,3...