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Mumbai: Federal Bank reported a net profit of Rs 906.30 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
RBL Bank reported a 30% year-on-year growth to Rs 353 crore in the March 24 quarter, with the full-year net profit reaching Rs 1168 crore. The bank's board proposed a dividend of Rs l.50/- per share for FY 2023-24.
According to information provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), 2,623 unique borrowers who are classified as wilful defaulters. These borrowers have a total outstanding debt of Rs 1,96,049 crore with scheduled commercial banks as of March 2023. The data pertains to borrowers with aggregate exposures of Rs 5 crore and above.
Banks have again approached the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to request an extension in the deadline for classifying non-performing accounts as wilful defaulters, according to sources familiar with the matter. In September, the RBI had initially given banks six months to comply with the draft rules titled 'Framework for Compromise Settlement and Technical Write-offs' regarding the treatment of wilful and large defaulters.
Indian banks have refrained from declaring overdue loan accounts as fraud as the Supreme Courts decisions make it obligatory for lenders to provide borrowers an opportunity to represent themselves before naming accounts as fraud. The lenders have made provisions instead of declaring accounts as wilful defaults. The RBI has sought comments from banks on legal and operational issues on the common detection mechanism of wilful defaulters.