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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NDTV probe: Private banks fear debt resolution may be hit -Mayur Shetty

NDTV probe: Private banks fear debt resolution may be hit -Mayur Shetty

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published Published on Jun 8, 2017   modified Modified on Jun 8, 2017
-The Times of India

MUMBAI:
Private sector bankers say that if NDTV's loan settlement with ICICI Bank is termed criminal, it could hit resolution of bad debts. The concerns follow the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging that ICICI Bank officials may have caused wrongful gains to NDTV promoters by agreeing to cut the interest rate to settle the loan.

"Settlement of any stressed loan involves some sacrifice by the banker. Often this is done to protect the loan amount since stand-off might result in loss of the principal well," said a banker who didn't want to be identified. If this sacrifice were to be construed as wrongful loss to the bank and a gain to the borrower, loan resolutions would not be possible, he added.

Multinational banks in India have been able to clean up their balance sheet the fastest as they have taken large haircuts in loans that were in default. The government is pushing for settlement of close to Rs 4 lakh crore of bad debt owed by top 50 borrowers which account for over 40% of the banking sector's bad loans.

Banks are likely to make a representation to the government and the RBI through the Indian Banks Association on commercial decisions being questioned. This is the second instance of CBI action against a commercial decision, the first being the arrest of senior officials of IDBI Bank on charges of improper loan sanctioning to Kingfisher Airlines.

The CBI, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the investigation did not pertain to loan default but to the interest relief. "ICICI Bank took the entire shareholding of the promoters in NDTV (nearly 61%) as collateral and then accepted prepayment of the loan by reducing the interest rate from 19% p.a. to nearly 9.5 % p.a. and as a consequence thereof, causing a wrongful loss of Rs 48 crore to ICICI Bank and a corresponding wrongful gain to the promoters of NDTV," the agency said.

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The Times of India, 7 June, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ndtv-probe-pvt-banks-fear-debt-resolution-may-be-hit/articleshow/59025942.cms


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