CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
RBI and government-assisted banks have recovered bad loans of more than how many lakh crore over the previous eight fiscal years?
A
Rs 9.6 lakh crore
B
Rs 5.6 lakh crore
C
Rs 7.6 lakh crore
D
Rs 8.6 lakh crore
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"As a result of comprehensive steps taken by the government and RBI to check the cases of NPAs and bring them down, scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) recovered ₹8,60,369 crore over the last eight financial years (provisional data) from NPAs,” Mr. Karad said.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Total recovery of over ₹1.32 lakh crore from written-off loan accounts made during the last five financial years,” she said. This comes to around 13 per cent of the write-off.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition: A non performing asset (NPA) is a loan or advance for which the principal or interest payment remained overdue for a period of 90 days. Description: Banks are required to classify NPAs further into Substandard, Doubtful and Loss assets.

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