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...