Mumbai: Chairperson of State Bank of India Dinesh Khara on Friday said that the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) – Bad Bank proposed to take over the traffic of the NPL (NPL) – has received all approval to start operations.
He added that 15 loans worth 50,000 crore from the bank will be transferred to NARCL at the end of March 2022.
It will come out of the NPL worth RS 82,425 Crore which has been agreed upon by the bank.
The announcement came a few days before the union budget and almost a year after the evil bank was announced by the Minister of Finance in a budget speech last year.
Khara said that the Indian debt resolution company (IDRCL), an entity that will try to recover funds from this non-performing asset (NPA), has also received all the approval of the necessary regulations.
“There are certain concerns that are being raised in the media, but I am happy that the entity has received approval,” Khara said.
Introducing the management of two companies, Khara said that NARCL would be managed by Padma Kumar Nair, while IDRCL would be led by Manish Makharia.
Previous Nair Chief General Manager in SBI, while Makharia led the Alternative Investment Fund for Vertical SBIs.
Deputy SBI MD Subroto Biswas will be the head of the NARCL.
Bankers said that Pradip Shah had previously, the founder of Indasia’s fund advisor was chosen for the position of chairman in Narl.
Other private sector executives were also selected for the CEO.
Khara said while Narcl will be in the public sector, IDRCL will begin by the private sector bank.
There are several company reconstruction assets, but the advantage of NARCL will apply is that it will issue security acceptance guaranteed by up to 85% by the government as a currency to obtain a bad loan.
Khara said that most of the bad loans identified were provided by the bank.
This means that they do not need to do additional provisions when they are sold to NARCL at fair value.
Also, security revenues will be considered at zero risk to the level of government guarantee and does not attract capital requirements.
After the asset is transferred to NARCL, the trust of the level of assets will be formed for each loan account and account resolution will be handled by IDRCL, which will only become a service company and do not have any assets in their books.
In September last year, the government has announced guarantees worth Rs 30,600 Crore to security acceptance issued by NARCL.
This guarantee is valid for five years, when the loan is expected to be resolved.
IDRCL is expected to bring expertise in resolution techniques and attract domestic and foreign investors.