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Government Banks’ Losses Crossed Rs 87,000 This Year

11Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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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...

21 PSBs Witness Loss of Rs. 25,775 Cr due to Bank Frauds in FY 2018

Twenty-one government banks have witnessed a big loss which amounted to Rs. 25,775 crore due to frauds in the banking sector during the financial year 2017-18. The highest amount of loss has been incurred by Punjab National Bank (PNB) totaling Rs 6461.13 crore during the fiscal that ended on the 31st March this year. This was told by Chandrasekhar Gaud to the Press Trust of India, who had filed the RTI with the Reserve Bank of India. The reply which was sent to him did not mention any details regarding any particular case of banking fraud. At present, the Central Bureau of Investigation is scrutinizing one of the biggest baking frauds presumably involving Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi (diamond merchants) and PNB officials. The investigating agency has filed two charge sheets in the spe...

Passport Details Compulsory For Loans Above Rs 50 Crore

The Indian government is taking the offensive against those economic offenders attempting to run away from India. Public sector banks are now directed to collect passport details from borrowers seeking to obtain loans higher than Rs 50 crore. This measure is the next step towards clean and responsible banking, Rajeev Kumar, secretary of Department of Financial Services tweeted. Banks must now make their loan application forms according to the new rule and assist the government in preventing the flight of economic offenders. For those already possessing loans above the stipulated amount of Rs 50 crore, passport details must be submitted by the borrower to their concerned banks within 45 days. In the eventuality that passport details are not produced, banks are expected to take timely ...