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A STUDY OF
CREDIT RISK
MANAGEMENT
IN
COMMERCIAL
BANKS
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CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION AND DESIGN OF THE STUDY 1.1


Introduction 1.2 Importance of Credit Risk 1.3 Statement of the Problem
1.4 Review of Literature 1.5 Scope of the Study 1.6 Objectives of the Study
1.7 Methodology of Research 1.7.1 Sources of Data 1.7.2 Sampling Design
1.7.3 Tools and Techniques 1.7.4 Framework of analysis 1.7.5 Processing of
Data 1.8 Period of Study 1.9 Chapter Scheme

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CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION AND DESIGN OF THE


STUDY 1.1 INTRODUCTION The world has experienced remarkable number
of banking and financial crises during the last few decades. Though most of those were
experienced in the developing countries, the majority of the crises coincided with the
deregulatory measures that led to excessively rapid credit extension. In the long run,
continuous increases in asset prices created bubble. At some point, the bubble burst and
the asset markets experienced a dramatic fall in asset prices coupled with disruption.
Finally, widespread bankruptcies accompanied by Non Performing Loans, Credit losses
and acute banking crises were observed1. Subsequently, the global financial market is
going through a turbulent situation. This has necessitated a close examination of the
numerous issues related to the operation of financial markets to identify the root of the
problem. Various issues such as the capital adequacy levels in the banking system, the
role of rating agencies in financial regulation and the fair value assessment of banking
assets are the most debated ones. In response to the banking crises, significant
reformations have been carried out in the banking regulatory system. In new economic
policy in 1991, the financial (particularly banking) sectors received special attention in
improving their financial strength and functional efficiency and thereby bring them to
1
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The modern banking operations have greater impact on the economic development of
our country. The financial institutions are important constituents of financial system in an
economy. The banking industry is operating in a liberalized and global environment,
which is highly competitive and uncertain. Banks are offering innovative products and
initiating steps to computerize their offices to improve the speed of their operations and
provide prompt services to their customers, who are becoming highly demanding. The
foreign exchange business and cross-border activities are increasing at a fast pace. The
above developments have caused various types of banking risks, which can be broadly
related to market environment and their business control functions. This risk may include
credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, foreign exchange risk, group risk, technology
risks etc. 1.2 IMPORTANCE OF CREDIT RISK The importance of credit risk has
been presented in the following paragraph; Risks are the uncertainties that can make
the banks lose and become bankrupt. According to the Basel Accord, risks can be
classified as credit risk, market risk and operational risk. Credit risk is the risk of loss due
to an obligator‟s non payment of an obligation in terms of a loan or other lines of credit2.
Credit risk is defined as “the risk of loss arising from outright default due to inability or
unwillingness of the customer or counter party to meet commitments in relation to
lending, trading, hedging, settlement and other financial transaction of the customer of
counter party to meet commitments”3. 2
Basel II (2006) International Convergence of
Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, A Revised Frame work Comprehensive Version.P.25.
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Credit risk is refers to the possibility that a borrower or counter-party will fail to meet its
obligations in accordance with agreed terms. It is the probability of loss from a credit
transaction 1.2.1 Forms of credit risk Forms of credit risk are: Non-repayment of the
principal of the loan and/ or the interest on it.Contingent liability like letters of credit
or guarantees issued by the bank on behalf of the client and upon crystallization – amount
not deposited by the customer.In the case of treasury operations, default by the
counter-parties in meeting the obligations. For example, in case of derivatives dealing, on
the due date the contract is not settled.In the case of security trading, settlement not
taking place when it is due. For example, due to non-availability of funds or due to short
selling, on the due date the claim is not settled.In the case of cross-border obligations,
any default arising from the flow of foreign exchange due to restrictions imposed on
remittances out of the country. For example, the counter party might have made the
payment but the country in which the counter party is residing does not allow the
settlement. The Reserve Bank of India came out with its first set of guidelines on risk
management during 1999. In these guidelines, it has been suggested that the banks should
put in place proper credit risk management system. Some banks initiated the process of
formulating credit risk policies in the year 2000 and have implemented these policies
while a few are still in the process of developing such policies. It has been emphasized in
credit risk management guidelines that while the credit risk strategy of a bank should give
recognition to the goals of credit quality, earnings and growth, it is also essential that the
lender must determine the acceptable risk/ reward trade off for its activities, factoring in
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says that “Granting Credit involves
accepting risk as well as producing profits”. The credit operations in banks, by nature
involve an element of credit risk. But if such risks are within predetermined ceilings,
properly assessed and calculated ones, loan loss to the bank can be restricted. 1.2.2
Sources of risk of loss under Credit Risk The risk of loss arises from three sources.
They are; Borrowers/ counterparty defaults –Bank loses both the principal and the
interest.Deterioration in borrowers‟ credit quality – bank takes a hit if loan is not
repriced for the higher risk.Improvement in borrowers‟ credit quality- borrower can
refinance his loan at a lower rate. In simple words, it means that they may close the
accounts to benefit from the lower interest rate in offer. 1.2.3 Credit Risk Management
Indicators In response to recent corporate and financial disasters, regulators have
increased their examination and enforcement standards. In banking sector, Basel II has
established a direct linkage between minimum regulatory capital and underlying credit risk,
market risk and corporate risk exposure of banks. This step gives an indication that Capital
management is an important stage in risk mitigation and management. However,
development of effective key risk indicators and their management pose significant
challenge. Some readily available sources such as policies and regulations can provide
useful direction in deriving key risk indicators and compliance with the regulatory
requirement can be expressed as risk management indicators. Amore comprehensive capital
management framework enables a bank to improve profitability by making better risk-
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The purpose of Basel II is to create an international standard about how much capital
banks need to put aside to guard against the types of risk banks face. In practice, Basel II
tries to achieve this by setting up meticulous risk and capital requirements aimed at
ensuring that a bank holds capital reserves appropriate to the risk the bank exposes itself
to. These rules imply that the greater the risk a bank is exposed to, the greater the amount
of capital a bank needs to hold to safeguard its solvency. The soundness of the banking
system is important because it limits economic downturn related to the financial anxiety.
Prudential regulation is expected to protect the banking system from these problems by
persuading banks to invest prudently. The introduction of capital adequacy regulations
strengthen bank and therefore, enhance the resilience of negative shocks. However, these
rules may cause a shift of providing loans from private sector to public sector. Banks can
comply with capital requirement ratios either by decreasing their risk weighted assets or
by increasing their capital. 1.2.4 Non Performing Loans/Assets Nonperforming
loans occurs due to poor risk management and plain bad luck because of external
independent factors. The inflation, deregulation and special market conditions can lead to
poor credit lending decision which in turn leads to nonperforming loans4. Ongoing
financial crises suggest that Non Performing Loans amount is an indicator of increasing
threat of insolvency and failure. However, the financial markets with high Non
Performing Loans have to diversify their risk and create portfolio with NPLs along with
performing loans, which are widely traded in the financial markets. Non Performing Loan
Ratios act as a strong economic indicator. Efficient credit risk management supports the
fact that lower Non Performing Loan Ratio (NPLR) is associated with lower risk and
deposits rate. However it also implies that in the long run, relatively high deposit rate
increases the deposit base in order to fund relatively high risk 4World Bank Policy,
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loans and consequently increases possibility of Non Performing Loan Ratio (NPLR).
Therefore, the allocation of the available fund and its risk management heavily depend on
how the credit risk is handled and diversified the NPL amount. Nonperforming
loans/assets is a probability of loss that requires provision. Provision amount is
“accounting amount” which can be further, if the necessity rises, deducted from the
profit. Therefore, high NPLs amount increases the provision which in turn reduces the
profit. It proves that Non Performing Loan Ratio and Capital Adequacy Ratio are
reasonably considered as credit risk management indicators. 1.2.5 Credit Risk
Management in Banks Bank loan is a debt, which entails the redistribution of the
financial assets between the lender and the borrower. The bank loan is commonly
referred to the borrower who got an amount of money from the lender, and need to pay
back, known as the principal. In addition, the bank normally charges a fee from the
borrower, which is the interest on the debt. The risk associated with loans is credit risk.
Credit risk is perhaps the most significant of all risks in terms of size of potential losses.
Credit risk can be divided into three risks; default risk, exposure risk and recovery risk.
As extension of credit has always been at the core of banking operations, the focus of
banks‟ risk management has been credit risk management. It applied both to the bank
loan and investment portfolio. Credit risk management incorporates decision making
process before the credit decision is made, follow up of credit commitments including all
monitoring and reporting process. The credit decision is based on the financial data and
judgmental assessment of the market outlook, borrower, management and shareholders.
The follow up is carried out through periodic reporting reviews of the bank commitments
by customer. Accordingly, warning systems signal the deterioration of the condition of
the borrowers before default whenever possible. Loans that are in default or close to
being default become NPLs. The terms of the default rate in loans are defined by each
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bank. Usually, loan becomes non performing after being default for three months but
this can depend on contract terms. NPLR shows the proportion of the default or near to
default loans to the actual performing loans. It indicates the efficiency of the credit risk
management employed in the bank. Therefore, the less the ratio the more effective the
credit risk management5. Capital is needed to cover the risks of such losses. Banks have
an incentive to minimize capital they hold since reducing capital frees up economic
resources that can be directed to profitable investment. In contrast, the less capital a bank
holds, the greater is the likelihood that it will not be able to meet its own debt obligations,
that is, the losses in a given year will not be covered by profit plus available capital , and
that the bank will become insolvent6. Accordingly, banks must carefully balance the risks
and rewards of holding capital. A number of approaches exist to determine how much
capital a bank should hold. The IRB approach adopted by Basel II focuses on the
frequency of bank insolvencies arising from credit losses that supervisors are willing to
accept. Through IRB approach, the Basel Committee intended to develop a framework
which is credible, prudentially sound and reflect healthy risk management practices.
Banks have made use of internal rating system for very long time as a means of
categorizing their exposure into broad, qualitatively differentiated layers of risk7. 1.2.6
Increased trust on Banking Supervision and Risk Management To strengthen
banking supervision, an independent Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) under the
RBI was constituted in November 1994. The board is empowered to exercise integrated
supervision overall credit institutions in the financial system, including select
Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) and Non Banking 5Special term dictionary for
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Financial Companies (NBFCs) relating to credit management, prudential norms and


treasury operations. A comprehensive rating system based on the Capital adequacy,
Asset quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, Systems and Control (CAMELS)
methodology has also been instituted for domestic banks , for foreign banks the rating
system is based on Capital adequacy, Asset quality, Liquidity, Compliance and System
(CALCS). This rating system has been supplemented by a technology enabled quarterly
off-site surveillance system. To strengthen the Credit Risk Management process in
banks, in line with proposed Basel I and Basel II accord, the RBI has issued guidelines
for managing the various types of risks that banks are exposed to make Credit Risk
Management an integral part of the Indian banking system, the RBI has also issued
guidelines for Risk Based Supervision (RBS) and Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA).
These reform initiatives are expected to encourage banks to allocate funds across various
lines of business on the basis of their risk adjusted return on capital. These measures
would also help banks be in line with the global best practice of risk management and
enhance their competitiveness. The Indian Banking industry has come along way since
the nationalization of banks in 1969. The industry has witnessed great progress,
especially over the past 12 years and is today a dynamic sector. Reforms in the banking
sector have enabled banks explore new business opportunities rather than remaining
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satisfaction, had led to the Indian banking sector reporting robust growth during past
few years. 1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The Indian financial system
consists of Financial Institutions, Financial Markets, Financial Instruments and Financial
Services. The Commercial Banks are the major constituents of the Indian Financial
System, Which plays a major role by transacting the money from the surplus units to
deficit units. The Commercial banks are functioning in the competitive environment
where one bank competes with another for its survival and its success. The survival of the
Financial Institution in general and banks in particular is largely depending upon their
performance and the profit earning capacity. The profit earning capacity of banking
business is influenced by a number of factors; one of the important factors which have a
bearing on the profitability of the banks is Credit risk. A strong banking sector is
important for a flourishing economy. The failure of the banking sector may have an
adverse impact on other sectors also. Credit Risk is the inability of the borrowers to meet
their dues or commitments, which is one of the major concerns for banks in India. Credit
Risk is one of the major issues for banking sector. Granting Credit for economic
activities is the prime duty of banking apart from raising resources through fresh deposits
, borrowing and recycling of funds received back from borrowers constitute a major part
of funding credit dispensation activity. Lending is generally encouraged because it has
the effect of funds being transferred from the system to productive purposes, which
results in economic growth. However, lending also carries a risk called Credit Risk,
which arises from the failure of borrower. The risks to which banks are exposed
broadly classified as credit risk, liquidity risk, interest risk, market risk, operational risk
and management/ownership risk. While each of these risks contributes to the total risk to
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the credit risk which stands-out as the most dreaded one. The nature and extent of credit
risk therefore, depend on the quality of loan assets and soundness of investments8.
Generally the day to day operations of the banking units are subject to a number of risks.
The total amount of risks faced by the banking units can be classified into two types;
controllable and uncontrollable. The banks have proper mechanism to identify, measure
and control the risk factors. The availability of proper risk monitoring and controlling
system helps the banking units to manage the risk factors in an efficient manner and helps
the bank to reduce their level of Non Performing Assets Non Performing Assets
reflect the performance of banks. A high level of Non Performing Assets suggests high
probability of a large number of credit defaults that affect the profitability and net worth
of banks and also erodes the value of assets. The large volume of Non Performing Assets
growth involves the necessity of provisions which reduce the overall profits and
shareholders value. The magnitude of Non Performing Assets has a direct impact on
the profitability of banks as legally they are not allowed to book income on such assets as
per the RBI guidelines. Credit risk management system to oversee the management of
Non Performing Assets is an important parameter in the analysis of financial performance
of banks9. Risk management as a discipline is being taken seriously now a days.
Nevertheless, the financial storm teaches several key lessons which can assist to improve
the risk management in future. As a result, risk has become a very challenging area of
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AnantharamIyer, T.N., “Bank Supervision and the Management of Non Performing Advances” ,The
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studies10. This motivated the researcher to takeup research on Credit Risk Management
in Commercial Banks. Non recovery of loans along with interest forms a major hurdle
in the process of credit cycle. Thus, these loan losses/assets affect the banks profitability
on a large scale. NPAs have emerged since over a decade as an alarming threat to the
banking industry in India sending distressing signals on the sustainability and
endurability of the banks affected. Despite various correctional steps administered to
solve and end this problem, concrete results are eluding. It is a sweeping and all
pervasive virus that has confronted universally the banking and financial institutions11.
The non performing assets make a drastic impact on working of the banks. The efficiency
of a bank is not always reflected only by the size of its balance sheet by the level of
return on its assets. Non Performing Assets do not generate interest income for the banks,
but at the same time banks are required to make provisions for such Non Performing
Assets from their current profits.It is to be noted that the stock of Non Performing Assets
does not add to the income of the bank while at the same time, additional cost is incurred
for keeping them on the books. To help the banking sector in clearing the old stock of
chronic Non Performing Assets, RBI has announced one time non discretionary and non
discriminatory compromise settlement schemes in 2000 and 2001. Though many banks
tried to settle the old Non Performing Assets through this transport route, the response
was not to the extent anticipated as the banks had been bogged down by the usual fear
psychosis of being averse to settling dues where security was available.
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Loan loss provisioning and write off go to reduce the capital available for further asset
creation. Gross NPAs do not, however disclose the entire picture of the over dues from
borrowers. These exclude unpaid interest including any penal interest accursed on NPAs
and as a prudential measure not recognized as income in the banks financial statements.
A write-off of the Non Performing Assets involves foregoing of the accrued interest.
Hence, the magnitude of such interest dues assumes importance in accessing the likely
losses, a bank may suffer because of Non Performing Assets. The tightened RBI
norms for reckoning assets as Non Performing Assets and for non recognition of income
from such assets (by reducing the minimum period of debt servicing default from 12
months to 90 days ), effective from the quarter ended march 2004, would presumably
have resulted in significant additions to Non Performing Assets during the financial year
2004. The high level of Non Performing Assets in banks is a matter of grave concern
to the Public as well as to the Government. Since the bank credit is a catalyst to the
economic development of the country and any bottleneck in the smooth flow of credit
due to the mounting Non Performing Assets is bound to create an adverse repercussion
for the Economy of the Country. Credit Risk Management has emerged as a big
challenge for the Indian banking system. Therefore, it is attempted to make a study of
Credit Risk Management in Commercial Banks to evaluate the credit efficiency by
analyzing Credit deposit ratio, Capital adequacy ratio, Management of Non Performing
Loans/Assets and branch managers‟ perception of Credit Risk Management System to
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It is in this context, the researcher has undertaken a study of Credit Risk Management
in Commercial Banks. 1.4 REVIEW OF LITERATURE In view of the
seriousness of the problem of Non Performing Assets in banks and financial institutions
regarding Credit Risk Management System, a number of research studies have been
conducted earlier by researchers and research organizations in India and abroad on
different issues relating to the Non Performing Assets of bank. Similarly, a number of
research papers have been published by academicians and practioners in India and abroad
highlighting the credit risk due to problem of non performing assets in the banking sector.
It is also noted that, a large number of research projects / studies have also been
undertaken in this area by the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, Indian
Banks Association, Mumbai and RBI. Besides, a number of papers have been presented
on the topic under study by the eminent academicians and practicing bankers in the
Conferences, National and International seminars. In this way, an attempt has been
made to review a few of the above studies and papers as a starting point for the present
study. V.S.Kaveri and K.V.Patel (1997) have concluded that improper selection of
borrowers, under-financing/ delays in financing, social political pressure for financing,
lack of income generation due to natural calamities, mismanagement of fund, lack of
proper follow up, willful defaults etc., are responsible for an account becoming Non
Performing Assets12. 12
Kaveri, V.S and Patel, K.V., “Strategies for recovery of NPAs in Priority
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Joel Bessis (1998) in his research paper “Risk Management in Banking” points out the
fact that credit risk is perhaps the most significant of all risks in terms of size of potential
losses. Credit risk can be divided into three; default risk, exposure risk and recovery risk.
As extension of credit has always been at the core of banking operation, the focus of
banks‟ risk management has been credit risk management. It applies both to the bank
loan and investment portfolio. Credit risk management incorporates decision making
process before the credit decision is made, follow up of credit commitments including all
monitoring and reporting process13. In a study conducted by RBI(1999) by analyzing
800 top NPAs accounts in 17 banks, it reveals that “the higher proportion of NPAs in
Priority Sector Advances was attributed to the directed and pre-approved nature of loans
sanctioned under sponsored programmes, absence of any security, lack of effective
follow-up due to large number of accounts, ineffective legal recovery measures, vitiation
of repayment culture consequent to loan waiver schemes, etc14. Usha Arora (2000) has
observed that more and more borrowers are turning to be willful defaulters taking the
benefit of mainly inherent deficiencies in our legal system. The problem of recovery has
been further aggravated by the external factors like the Government loan waiver
scheme15. Taori (2000) has suggested that the surest way of containing Non
Performing Assets is to prevent their occurrence through introduction of proper risk
management system and effective credit monitoring16. 13
Joel Bessis, (1998) “Risk
Management in Banking”,University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 14Siddiqui,A.Q.,“Some Aspects and
Issues relating to NPAs in Commercial Banks”, RBI Bulletin, July 1999:930. 15UshaArora, “NPA
Management in the Indian Environment”, The Banker,Vol47.2(2000):28. 16Taori, K.J., “Management of NPAs in
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Bhattacharya (2001) rightly pointed to the


fact that in an increasing rate regime, quality
borrowers would switch over to other
avenues such as capital markets, internal
accruals for their requirements of funds.
Under such circumstances, banks would have
no option but to dilute the quality of
borrowers and thereby increasing the
probability of generation of Non Performing
Assets17. Prashant K.Reddy (2002) in his
research paper “A comparative study of Non-
Performing Assets in India in the global
context-similarities, dissimilarities and
remedial measures” has stressed the
importance of a sound understanding of the
macro economic variables and systematic
issues pertaining to banks and the economic
for solving the Non Performing Asset
problem along with the criticality of a strong
legal frame work and legislative frame
work18. Muniappan (2002) has identified
that NPAs have two components: the
overhang component and the incremental
component. The overhang component arises
due to infirmities in structural and
institutional environment while the
incremental component arises from factors
internal to banks‟ management and credit
culture19. Misra (2003) has emphasized
that the high rise in Gross Net NPAs of the
banking sector in recent past is at an
exponential rate giving an indication that the
present ongoing recession is taking a heavy
toll on corporate credit discipline and is
further supported by recovery climate, legal
system, approach of the lenders towards
lending and many other factors20.
17
Bhattacharya, H., “Banking Strategy, Credit
appraisal and Sending deviations”, Oxford
University press, New Delhi, 2001. 18Prashant
K.Reddy., “A Comparative study of Non-Performing
Assets in India in the global context-similarities,
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(2006)
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id=361822>. 19Muniappan,G., “The NPAs
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Malydri and Sirisha (2003) have observed that, loan assets constitute a real economic cost
since they reflect the application of scare capital and credit funds for unproductive use21.
In a similar manner, largely from lender‟s perspective, Das and Ghosh (2003) empirically
examines non-performing loans of India‟s Public Sector Banks in terms of various
indicators such as asset size, credit growth and macro economic condition, and operating
efficiency indicators and suggested that besides supporting policy environment, banks have
to devise appropriate lending terms taking into account the cost of credit, cost of funds,
maturity of loans and credit orientation among other factors so as to induce lower defaults
on borrowers 22. Rajan & Dhal (2003) have dealt with the various reasons behind assets
turning Non Performing and have also analyzed their macro economic implications23.
Due to accumulation of NPAs in banks, they not only lose their income but also incur
heavy expenditure to maintain such poor quality assets in their books. Apart from the
internal and external complexities, increase in NPAs directly affect banks‟ profitability,
sometimes even their existence24. Valasmma Antony (2004) has argued that willful
default must be treated as a criminal offence and is to be dealt with seriously. She has also
suggested that arrangements should be made for the exchange of credit information with
respect to 21Malyadri, ParelSirisha.S, “Non Performing Assets in Commercial Banks- An overview”,
Banking Finance,Vol16.1 (2003):9. 22Das,A,&Ghosh,S., “Determinants of Credit Risk”, paper presented
at the Conference on Money, Risk and Investment held at Nottingham Trent University, November 2003.
23
Rajan, Rajiv and Saratchandra Dhal (2003), “Nonperforming loans and terms of credit of Public Sector
Banks in India: An empirical assessment”, Reserve Bank of India occasional papers, Vol 24, no.3 winter
2003. 24Ramakrishna Reddy, G and Sree Bhargavi,T., “An Appraisal of Indian Banking from NPAs
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defaulting customers amongst the banks so


that further NPAs with other banks can be
averted25. Muninarayanappa and Nirmala
(2004) outlined the concept of Credit Risk
Management in banks. They highlighted the
objectives and factors that determine the
direction of banks polices on credit risk
management. The challenges related to
internal and external factors in credit risk
management are also highlighted. They
concluded that success of credit risk
management requires maintenance of proper
credit risk environment, credit strategy and
policies. Thus the ultimate aim should be to
protect and improve the loan quality26.
There is a considered view that the lending
policy of banks could have crucial influence
on Non Performing Loans (Reddy, 2004). He
critically examines various issues pertaining
the terms of credit of Indian banks and argues
that “the element of power has no bearing on
the illegal activity. A default is not entirely
an irrational decision rather a defaulter takes
in to the account probabilistic assessment of
various costs and benefits of his decision”.
He raises various initial issues pertaining to
credit delivery mechanisms of the Indian
banking sector. The study focuses on the
terms of credit such as interest rate charged to
various productive activities and borrowers,
the approach to risk management and
portfolio management in general27.
Arunkumar, Rekha and Kotreshwar.G
(2005), in their 9th capital market conference
paper “Risk Management in Commercial
Banks -A case study of Public and Private
Sector Banks” submitted to the Indian
Institute of Capital Markets has examined
and compared the trends in Non Performing
Assets level, CRM practices of Commercial
Banks, the response to reforms under Basel

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Valasmma Antony, “A menace to the Banking
Industry,” Southern Economist 42.17 (2004): 23.
26
Muninarayanappa and Nirmala, “Credit Risk
Management in banks-Key issues”, Journal of
Accounting and Finance, Vol 18.1,p.94-98.
Reddy,Y.V., “Credit Policy Systems and Culture”,
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between Public Sector Banks and Private Sector Banks. The study found a strong
relationship between NPAs level and Credit portfolio diversification28. Non Performing
Loans occurs due to poor risk management and plain bad luck because of external
independent factors. The inflation, deregulation and special market conditions can lead to
poor credit lending decision which in turn leads to nonperforming loans29. Charanjit Singh
and Mohammad Farook Khan (2005) have observed that DRTs are effective in recovery of
bank dues albeit to a certain extent and concluded that the passing of DRT Act and
establishment of DRTs has brought definite changes in recovery suits of banks30. Non
Performing Loan Ratio (NPLR)act as a strong economic indicator. Efficient Credit Risk
Management supports the fact that lower NPLR is associated with lower risk and deposit
rate. However it also implies that in the long run, relatively high deposit rate increases the
deposit base in order to fund relatively high risk loans and consequently increases possibility
of Non Performing Loan Ratio(NPLR). Therefore, the allocation of the available fund and its
risk management heavily depend on how the credit risk is handled and diversified the Non
Performing Loan amount31. Janardhan G Naik (2006) has observed that going by Basel II
norms and other international best practices in our banks are expected to manage NPAs quite
28
efficiently. http://papers.ssrn.com/so13/papers.CFM?abstract-id=877812. World Bank Policy,
Research Working paper3769, November 2005. 30Charanjit Singh and Mohammad Farook Khan.,
“Effectiveness of DRTs in recovery of Banks Dues”,IBA Bulletin, Vol 27.10(2005):30. 31Ernst
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Surely the reforms in the legal system in the recent years such as SARFAESI Act, 2002 will
help in faster recovery of NPAs32. Annual Survey on the “Status of Indian Banking
Industry: Progress and Agenda Ahead-2005” report that substantial progress made by banks
in cleaning up the NPAs from their balance sheet, was largely attributed to SARFAESI Act
and increases provisioning on Doubtful debts by majority of survey respondents. Absence of
secondary market for the trading of security receipt issued by ARCs was identified as one of
the major problem in Indian model of NPA management. Majority of the survey respondents
recommend separate NPA norms for the farm and SME sectors33. B.M.Mishra and
SaratDhal (2008) have made an analysis of pro-cyclicality of bank indicators with a focus on
the Non-performing loans of Public Sector Banks in India. The empirical analysis
demonstrates that banks‟ Non Performing Assets are influenced by three major sets of
factors, i.e., terms of credit, bank specific indicators relating to asset size, credit orientation,
financial innovations (non interest income), and regulatory capital requirement and the
business cycle shocks. Using panel regression model, the study found that the terms of credit
variables such as interest rate, maturity and collateral and bank specific variables had
significant effect on the banks on performing loans in presence of macro economic shocks.
The empirical findings support the policy approach to the banking in the Indian context34.
M.Karunakar, K.Vasuki and S.Saravanan (2008) have made an analysis “Are non-
performing assets gloomy or greedy from Indian perspective” points out that the Non
Performing Assets have a deleterious effect on the return on assets in several ways. The
32
Janardhan G Naik., “NPAs management Challenges before Banking Sector”, The Management
Accountant, Vol 41.5 (2006):360. 33FICCI Report of Annual Survey on the “Status of Indian Banking
Industry: Progress and Agenda Ahead-2005”, May 2006 <http://www.ficci/ surveys/ banking.pdf.
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following are to cite a few such effects: the interest income of banks will fall and it is to
be accounted only on receipt basis; Bank‟s profitability is affected adversely because of
the providing of doubtful debts and consequent to writing it off as bad debts; Return on
Investment (ROI) is reduced; the Capital adequacy ratio is disturbed as Non Performing
Assets are entering into its calculation; the cost of capital will go up, the Assets-Liability
mismatch will widen; the Economic Value Addition (EVA) by banks gets upset because
EVA is equal to the net operating profit minus cost of capital; Non Performing Assets
require provisioning requirements affecting profits and accretion to capital funds and
capacity to increase good quality risk assets influence and It limits recycling of funds; set
in asset liability mismatches etc. Though RBI has taken a number of measures to reduce
the level of Non Performing Assets, the result is not up to the expectations35. Dong
(2008), in his paper resolving “Non Performing Assets of the Indian Banking System”
submitted to the International Monetary Fund had reviewed the nature of Non Performing
Assets in the Indian Banking System and discussed the key design features that would be
important for the Assets Reconstruction Companies to play an effective role in resolving
Non Performing Assets. The analysis draws upon recent regional and cross-country
experiences in dealing with impaired assets during periods of financial crises36.
R.K.Uppal (2009) clearly indicates that “Non Performing Assets were more in Public
Sector Bank groups while the least was in Foreign Bank groups, because advances by
Public Sector Bank groups to the priority sector advances were also high. Non
Performing Assets in the Public and Private Sector Bank groups were high mainly due to
increase in NPAs in the agricultural sector37. 35M.Karunakar, K.vasuki and S.Saravanan.,
“Are Non-Performing Assets gloomy or greedy from Indian Perspective”, Research Journal of Social
Sciences, INSINET Publication, Vol 13, 2008, pp-6-7. 36http://mpra.ub.unit-muenchen.de/9758/1/mpra-
paper-9758.pdf. 37R.K. Uppal., “Priority Sector Advance-trends, issues and strategies”, Journal of
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Muniswaran.S (2010) rightly points out that, the profitability and viability of banks are
directly affected by quality and performance of advances. A sound NPAs management
system is used for quick identification of Non Performing advances, their containment at
minimum level and ensuring that their impingement on the financials is minimal38.
The researcher has analyzed the various studies relating to the risk management in banks.
In such studies the policy aspects of risk management in general and management of non
performing assets in particular are only discussed. So far no study has been conducted on
the Credit Risk Management in Commercial Banks. Hence, the study has been
undertaken to evaluate the credit efficiency of Commercial Banks in India through Credit
Deposit Ratio, Capital Adequacy of banks to manage credit risk and the management of
Non Performing Assets-a component of Credit Risk Management in Commercial Banks.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY The Scheduled Commercial Banks command control
over two thirds of the total assets of the financial sector with a network of more than
80,000 branches across the country and constitute the most significant segment of the
financial sector. Hence, the present study is confined to SCBs coming under Public
Sector, Private Sector and Foreign Banks. The study has excluded the Regional Rural
Banks (RRBs) which forms a part of the Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks. The
banks‟ credit efficiency can be measured by Credit risk management system employed
by the banks. The areas covered under the study are the proportion of credits with
deposits, measure of capital base through Capital adequacy ratio, Credit Risk
Management System to see the Management 38Muniswaran,S., 2010, “Non Performing Assets
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of Non Performing Assets in different bank groups, such as levels of Non Performing
Assets of different bank groups, assets quality of different bank groups, recovery of Non
Performing Assets of these banks through various measures, and perceptions of branch
managers on issues related to Non Performing Assets management. All the above issues
have been identified by the researcher for detailed analysis and interpretations.
1.6 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The present study has the following objectives;
To study the practices of Credit Risk Management System in the Indian Banking Sector
with regard to Basel Accord, To study the concept of Non Performing Assets and
Prudential norms regarding management of NPAs and Risk Weighted Assets, To
appraise the Credit Risk Management System employed by SCBs, To examine Credit
Deposit Ratio, Capital Adequacy Ratio, Gross NPAs to Gross Advances Ratio, Net NPAs
to Net Advances in measuring credit efficiency of banks, To study the perceptions of
branch managers of the study units towards Credit Risk Management System and 38

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6. To offer summary of findings, suggestions and conclusion of the study. 1.7


METHODOLOGYOF RESEARCH The present study is based on both analytical
and descriptive in methods. The study is primarily analytical in the sense that it analyses
various financial variables based on secondary data. It also adopts descriptive
methodology in order to ascertain the views of bankers to know their opinion on the
Credit Risk Management system adopted to evaluate loan assets quality and ensure the
profitability in their respective banks. For this, it was considered important to under take
a detailed study of Credit Risk Management System based on primary data collected
through field survey of branch managers of both Public and Private Sector Bank groups
and make an in-depth analysis of data to arrive at feasible solutions for the problem. In
this respect, it is considered a descriptive study. The methodology adopted for the study
is presented in the following paragraphs. 1.7.1 Sources of Data The required data
for the present study are collected from both primary and secondary sources. Primary
data are collected with the help of structured interview schedule questionnaire designed
for bank managers. The secondary data relevant to the study have been gathered from
published sources like the RBI publications such as reports on trends and progress of
banking in India, statistical tasks relating to banking in India, RBI Annual Report, RBI
Bulletins and Report on Currency and Finance, besides Books, Annual Reports of
Commercial Banks, Reports of various Committees appointed by RBI and articles
published in various Standard textbooks, Journals and Magazines. The papers presented
by experts in various conferences have also been reviewed for the purpose of analysis and
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1.7.2 Sampling design The present study attempts to analyze the Credit Risk
Management practices followed by selected SCBs functioning in the major cities of
Tamilnadu namely, Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore and Salem. The present study
has employed the judgement sampling techniques. The criteria considered for selecting
the sample units include more population, industrial cities, the number of branches, loan
extended, credit deposit ratio and the like. A sample of 50 bank branch managers i.e. ten
from each district has been selected. All the branch managers have been interviewed
personally with the help of structured interview schedule. In order to collect the
required data from the sample respondents, a structured interview schedule was
developed by reviewing the research works carried on the present topic. A pilot study
was conducted among the ten bank executives and finally the interview schedule was
modified based on the feedback received from the respondents. Further, a number of
discussions were made with the top executives of some of the banks in order to make
suitable corrections in the interview schedule. 1.7.3 Tools and Techniques The data
are analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools and techniques like; Percentages and
   
averages Tables Weighted Average Method Ratio analysis „t‟
    
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Diagrams All the analyses have been done by using SPSS for windows

release 20 statistical packages. 1.7.4 Frame work of analysis In the present study,
some mathematical and statistical tools have been applied in order to realize the
objectives of the study. The tools applied and the relevance of its application is described
below: The technique of ratio analysis has been used to study the magnitude and trend
of Credit deposit ratio, Capital adequacy ratio and Non-performing assets of banks during
the study period. Correlation analysis has been used to establish the relationship
between macro economic variables as well as micro economic variables Regression
analysis has been used to examine the influence of Non Performing Assets variables on
other macro economic and micro economic banking variables. „t‟ test, „f‟ test, Chi
square test have been applied to test the significance of differences between the bank
groups, branch locations with regard to perceptions of branch managers on the various
aspects of Management of Credit Risk on Non Performing Assets. Compound Growth
Rate (CGR) for Gross NPAs, Net NPAs, Standard Assets, Substandard Assets, Doubtful
Assets and Loss Assets of different bank groups have been computed on the basis of the
semi log or exponential functions with the help of SPSS packages.

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1.7.5 Processing of data All the data have been classified, tabulated for better
comprehension and analysis. The data have been analyzed with the help of computers.
Simple mathematical tools like high level ratios, percentages and averages and statistical
tools such as correlation analysis, Chi-square test, „f‟ test,„t‟ test, Compound growth rate
have been applied for analysis of data. All the analyses have been done by using SPSS
for windows release 20 statistical packages. 1.8 PERIOD OF STUDY The study has
attempted to analyze the Credit Risk Management practices of the Indian SCBs in general
and that of the SCBs‟ financing in the major cities of Tamilnadu in particular. For the
purpose of analyzing the Credit Risk Management practices, the study has considered a
number of variables which are very essential to understand the Credit Risk Management
System. The required data regarding all those variables have been collected from the
secondary sources for a period of 10 years i.e. from 2001-02 to 2010-11. The primary
data required for the present study have been collected from the study area during the
year 2010. 1.9 CHAPTER SCHEME The present study has been organized in to
five Chapters. A sincere attempt has been made to arrange the chapters in a structured
manner from the point of content developments. They are; The introduction chapter
deals with the introduction and design of the study. It presents the statements of problem,
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earlier studies and literature, methodology, sources of data, tools and techniques of
analysis and division of chapters. The second chapter relates to the conceptual frame
work of Credit Risk Management with regard to Basel I and Basel II and Management of
Non Performing Assets, recommendations of various committees dealing with the
problem of Non Performing Assets, prudential norms of RBI and Government for
resolution of NPAs. The third chapter examines the magnitude of Credit deposit ratio,
Capital Adequacy Ratio, Credit Risk and Non Performing Assets of SCBs, Sector-wise
NPAs and Loan asset quality of different bank groups and recovery of Non Performing
Assets by SCBs in India The fourth chapter analyses the perceptions of branch
managers on the various issues relating to Credit Risk Management on Management of
Non Performing Assets at branch level and the recovery of Non Performing Assets by
SCBs in India. The fifth chapter summarizes the major findings of the study and offers
suggestions for effective management of credit risk.

CHAPTER -II A

CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK OFCREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT 2.1


Introduction 2.2 Significance of Risk Management in Banks 2.3 Basel Basel
I Accord Basel II Accord 43

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION


5.1 Introduction Summary of findings 5.2 Magnitude of Credit Deposit Ratio
5.3 Magnitude of Capital Adequacy Ratio 5.4 Magnitude of NPAs of Banks 5.5
Analysis of loan asset quality of Banks 5.6 Analysis of sector-wise NPAs of
Bank groups 5.7 Recovery of Non Performing Assets by Banks 5.8
Perceptions of Branch Managers on the Credit Risk Management System to
oversee the Management of NPAs 5.8.1 General opinion of Branch Managers
5.8.2 Opinion on causes of NPAs 5.8.3 Opinion on impact of Non Performing
Assets 5.8.4 Opinion on effectiveness of various recovery measures 5.8.5
Opinion on support from various agencies regarding recovery of NPAs 5.8.6
Opinion on issues on management of NPAs 5.8.7 Opinion on suggestions for
effective measures to avoid/minimize the level of NPAs 5.8.8 Opinion on the
reasons for decline in the level of NPAs since 2002 5.8.9 Opinion on general
comments and suggestions 5.9Suggestions 5.9.1 Suggestions to Government
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of India and RBI 5.9.2 Suggestions to the Bankers 233 5.9.3 Suggestions to
the Borrowers 5.10 Conclusion CHAPTER -V SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND
CONCLUSION 5.1 INTRODUCTION The major activities of a bank are to deal
with money and people. Since the money and people are highly sensitive, they
are to be handled carefully with more skills and knowledge. Today the non
performing assets are posing a session‟s threat to the banking industry. The
financial health of the banks is greatly affected by the NPAs. The high level of
NPAs is the greatest impediment to the economic growth of the country and
any bottleneck in the smooth flow of credit is bound to create adverse
repercussions of NPAs which has emerged as one of the major challenges for
the banks. The present study has analyzed the Credit Risk Management
System employed to oversee the magnitude of NPAs of four bank groups in
India namely, Public Sector Bank groups, Old Private Sector Bank groups,
New Private Sector Bank groups and Foreign Bank groups; examined the
Credit Risk Management System regarding recovery of NPAs by SCBs through
various measures recommended by RBI and studied the implication of NPAs
on selected macro economic and micro banking variables. The effectiveness
of NPAs management by SCBs has also been studied through scaling
technique using secondary data. In addition, the perceptions of branch
managers on the various aspects relating to Credit Risk Management System
on treatment of NPAs at branch level have been studied based on primary
data collected through field survey. The summary of major findings of the
present study and suggestion for effective management of NPAs and
reduction of credit risks associated with NPAs are presented in the following
paragraphs. 234 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 5.2 MAGNITUDE OF CREDIT
DEPOSIT RATIO 5.2.1 The percentage of Credit deposit ratio of SCBs has
increasing trend and it also prevails above the standard ratio of 60 percent.
5.2.2 The percentage of Credit deposit ratio of Public Sector Bank groups has
an increasing trend and the banks have a strong credit disbursement
network. 5.2.3 The Credit deposit ratio of Old Private Sector Bank groups has
an increasing trend and Compound Growth Rate of credits is more than the
deposits. 5.2.4 The Credit deposit ratio of New Private Sector Bank groups has
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a remarkable increase of more than 83 percent and the Compound Growth


Rate of deposits and credits has increased proportionately by each other.
5.2.5 The Credit deposit ratio of Foreign Bank groups has an increasing trend
from 71.42 percent on 2001-02 to 81.24 percent on 2010-11 and the
Compound Growth Rate of deposits (18.2percent)and credits (18.6 percent)
has also increased proportionately. Foreign Bank groups have a strong credit
disbursement network. 5.3 MAGNITUDE OF CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO The
Capital Adequacy Ratio of all Scheduled Commercial Banks i.e. all bank groups
has an increasing trend during the study period. 235 The standard capital
adequacy ratio is 11 percent. From 2001-02to 2010- 11, the Capital adequacy
ratio has increased and it is shown as follows; Public Sector Bank groups from
12.5 percent to 17.7percent, New Private Sector Bank groups with 12.3
percent to 14.2 percent, Foreign Bank groups has 12.9 percent to 14.2
percent. All the bank groups in India have maintained their capital adequacy
ratio above the standard ratio. Therefore, banks are having a strong capital
base to meet the time liability and other risks such as credit risk, operational
risk etc. 5.4 MAGNITUDE OF NPAs OF BANKS 5.4.1 The share of PSB groups
in the gross advances of SCBs is high (i.e.) more than75 percent of the total
advances of bank groups in India provided by PSB groups followed by New
Private Sector Bank groups (14.4 percent), Foreign Bank groups (5.7 percent)
and Old Private Sector Bank groups (4.83 percent) as on 31stMarch 2011.
5.4.2 The share of PSB groups in the gross NPAs of SCBs is high 75.9 percent
followed by New Private Sector Bank groups with 13.02 percent, Old Private
Sector Banks groups with 5.59 percent and closely followed by Foreign Bank
groups with 5.49 percent. 5.4.3 The growth rate on gross NPAs in respect of
all the bank groups remains positive except Old Private Sector Bank groups
during the study period .New Private Sector Bank groups and Foreign Banks
groups have a remarkable growth of 11.9 percent and 11 percent
respectively. The gross NPAs of Old Private Sector Bank groups have reduced
considerably by 4.5 percent. 5.4.4 The gross NPAs ratio of SCBs has declined
from 10.4 percent in 2001- 02 to 2.25 percent in 2010-11 and that of PSB
groups has declin 236 percent, Foreign Bank groups has declined from5.4
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percent to 2.54percent during the study period. 5.4.5 The negative growth
rate of gross NPAs ratio for all bank groups during the study period are found
to be significant. 5.4.6 The Compound Growth Rate of gross problem assets
ratio for all bank groups have negative growth of SCBs by14.2 percent, PSB
groups by15.1 percent, Old Private Sector Banks groups by16.3 percent, New
Private Sector Bank groups by10 percent and Foreign Bank groups by
8.2percent and it found to significant during the study period. 5.4.7 The Net
Advances of SCBs in India, the share of PSB groups has more than 75 percent
of total net advances of among four bank groups in India followed by New
Private Sector Bank groups (14.43 percent), Foreign Bank groups (5.7
percent) and Old Private Sector Bank groups (4.82 percent). 5.4.8 The
Compound Growth Rate of Net advances of all bank groups is positive and
significant during the study period. 5.4.9 The Net NPAs in respect all four
bank groups have shown a decreasing trend till the year 2005-06 and then it
increased gradually in the subsequent years of the study period due to change
in assets classification norms from 180 days to 90 days on 31st March 2005.
5.4.10TheCompoundGrowth Rate of net NPAs are negative as a whole for
New Private Sector Bank groups (18.3 percent), Old Private Sector Banks
groups (17.9 percent), Public Sector Bank groups (15.3 percent) and Foreign
Bank groups (5.9 percent) and significant during the study period. 237
5.4.11 All the four bank groups have witnessed a declining trend in their net
NPAs ratio during the study period. The Compound Growth Rate of net NPAs
ratio of all four bank groups is negative and significant. 5.4.12 The Net
Problem Assets ratio of SCBs as a whole the PSB groups, Old Private Sector
Bank groups, New Private Sector Bank groups and Foreign Bank groups is
less than one present from 2005-06 onwards during the study period. 5.4.13
The Compound Growth Rate of Net Problem Assets ratio of all the four bank
groups is negative and significant during the period of study. 5.5 ANALYSIS
OF LOAN ASSET QUALITY OF BANKS 5.5.1 The proportion of Standard Assets
(Performing Assets) in the total loan assets of SCBs has been increasing
during the study period which may be attributed to both increased recovery
of NPAs and overall reduction in asset slippages. There is significant decline
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in the share of doubtful assets, substandard assets and loss assets in the total
advances of SCBs till the year 2007-08, thereafter it has an increasing trend in
the composition of all loan assets for the remaining period of study. 5.5.2 The
proportion of Standard Assets in the total advances of all the four bank
groups namely Public Sector Bank groups, Old Private Sector Bank groups,
New Private Sector Bank groups and Foreign Bank groups has been
increasing during the period of study. There is significant decline in the share
of doubtful assets, substandard assets and loss assets in the total advances of
all the four bank groups till the period of 2007-08 thereafter, it has an
increasing trend in the composition of all loan assets for the remaining period
of study. 5.5.3 The sub standard asset ratio of SCBs, Public Sector Bank
groups, Old Private Sector Bank groups, New Private Sector Bank groups and
Foreign Bank groups 238 are declining significantly till the period of 2005-
06 indicating upgradation of Performing Assets. Thereafter the substandard
ratio has increasing trend during the remaining period of study which shows
the high degradation of performing assets which leads to increase the level of
NPAs. 5.5.4 The Compound Growth Rate of Substandard Asset ratio shows a
positive growth of 7.7 percent for PSB groups, 2.9 percent for Old Private
Sector Bank groups, 1.7 percent for New Private Sector Bank groups, 8.4
percent of Foreign Bank groups and 7.4 percent of SCBs as a whole during the
study period. 5.5.5 The Doubtful Asset ratio for all four bank groups has
decreasing trend except in the year 2004 -05 and 2010-11. The Compound
Growth Rate of doubtful assets ratio of all bank groups are negative and
significant during the study period. 5.5.6 The growth rates of Loss Asset ratio
of all the four bank groups are negative except Private Sector Bank groups (
Old and New) and significant except Private Sector Bank groups during the
study period 5.6 ANALYSIS OF SECTOR-WISE NPAs OF BANK GROUPS 5.6.1
While the share of priority sector in Gross NPAs of PSB groups has increased
from 44.49 percent on 2001-02 to 63.62 percent as on 2007-08, the share of
Public Sector has declined from 1.97 percent to 0.4 percent during the study
period and Non priority sector has also decreased significantly from 53.54
percent to 35.63 percent on 2007-08 and to 41 percent on 2010-
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11.TheCompound Growth Rate of sector-wise NPAs has a negative growth.


239 5.6.2 The share of SSIs in the total NPAs under priority sector advances of
PSB groups declined from 18.73 percent as on 2001-02 to 14.6 percent as on
2007-08 and it has increased to 20.2 percent on 2010-11 and the share of
agriculture has increased from 13.84 percent as on 2001-02 to 20.4 percent
as on 2010-11. The Compound Growth Rate of priority sector advances, NPAs
under advances to others sector has increased by 62.9 percent followed by
agriculture with 7.3 percent. 5.6.3 The share of non priority sector in Gross
NPAs of Old PrivateSector Bank groups has declined from 60.46 percent as on
31st March 2002 to 54.45 percent as on 31st March 2011 and that of Public
Sector has declined from 0.18 percent to 0.03 percent as on 2005-06.In the
year 2006-10, there are no NPAs in Public Sector and in the year 2010-11, it is
4 percent. But the share of Priority sector has increasing trend from39.35
percent as on 2001-02 to 52.34 percent as on 2007-08 and it has decreased to
41.57 percent during the remaining period of study. It has negative
Compound Growth Rate in public sector (35.6percent), non priority sector
(8.1percent) and priority sector (3percent). 5.6.4 While the share of SSIs in
the total NPAs under Priority sector Advances of Old Private Sector Bank
groups has declined from 21.15 percent as on 2001-02 to 14.33 percent on
2010-11,the share of Agriculture has increased from 6.06 percent to 10.84
percent during the study period. The share of others under priority sector has
increased from 12.14 percent to 28.83 percent as on 2007-08 and it
decreased to 16.41 percent during the study period. 5.6.5. While the share of
Priority sector in the Gross NPAs of New Private Sector Bank groups has
increased marginally from 9.35 percent to 22.6 percent during the 240 study
period, the share of Non priority sector has declined from 90.32 percent to
77.4 percent during the study period. 5.6.6. The share of SSI in the total NPAs
under Priority sector advances of New Private Sector Bank groups has
declined from 6.74 percent to 2.6 percent during the study period. 5.7
RECOVERY OF NON PERFORMING ASSETS OF BANK GROUPS 5.7.1 The
percentage of recovery of NPAs by SCBs through Lokadalats has lies between
14.02 percent as on 2003-04 to 14percent as on 2006- 07. It is considered as
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better recovery channel next to the SARFAESI Act 2002.But in the year 2007-
08 onwards it has decreasing trend of recovery from 8.2 percent to 2.87
percent on 2010- 11. 5.7.2 The percentage of NPAs recovery by SCBs through
DRTs has increased from 17.2 percent in 2003-04 to 81 percent as on 2008-
09 and thereafter it has declined to 27.89 percent. But in the year 2008-09 it
has a remarkable recovery rate of NPAs of 81 percent, it indicates the better
recovery performance of DRTs. 5.7.3 The percentage of NPAs recovery by
SCBs through enforcement of security interest under SARFAESI Act has
increased from 14.73 percent in 2003-04 to 61 percent in the year 2007-
08.The SARFAESI Act is considered as most important channel for recovery
NPAs in India. Thereafter, the recovery rate of NPAs through SARFAESI Act
has declined to 37.78 percent on 2010-11. 5.7.4 The percentage of recovery of
NPAs by SCBs through One Time Settlement and Compromise Settlement
Scheme has increased from 40.86 percent in 2003-04 to 78.76 percent in the
year 2005.06. 241 5.7.5 During 2004-2005, several banks and certain
financial institutions sold their NPAs to the ARCIL to the extent of Rs.15,
343crores. The setting up of the Asset Reconstruction Corporation of India
Ltd (ARCIL) has provided a major boost to banks‟ efforts to recover their
NPAs. 5.7.5.1 In the year 2005-2006, ARCIL acquired Rs.21, 126crores of
NPAs of banks. The portfolio of assets acquired by ARCIL was diversified
across major industry segments, which were generally performing well in the
stock market. 5.7.5.2At the end of June 2007, the book value of total amount
of assets acquired by SCs/RCs registration with the RBI stood at Rs.28,
544crores. The security receipts subscribed to by banks amounted to Rs.6,
894crores. The security receipts redeemed amounted Rs.660crores. 5.7.5.3At
the end June 2008, the book value of total amount of assets acquired by
SCs/RCs registered with the RBI was at Rs.41, 414crores, showing an increase
of 45.1percent during the year July 2007 to June 2008. While security receipts
subscribed to by banks amounted to Rs.8, 319crores, security receipts
redeemed amounted toRs.1, 299crores. 5.7.5.4In the year 2009, as at end June
2009, the book value of total amount of assets acquired by SCs/RCs registered
with the RBI was Rs.51, 542crores, showing an increase of 24.5percent
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during the year July 2008 to June 2009. While security receipts subscribed to
by banks amounted to Rs.9, 570crores, security receipts redeemed amounted
to Rs.2, 792crores. 5.7.5.5 Of the total amount of assets securitized by these
companies at the end June 2010; the largest amountofRs.10, 314crores was
subscribed to by bank. However, there was a steady decline in the percentage
share of banks in total value of securitized assets in the recent years. 242
5.7.5.6 In 2010-2011, the book value of assets acquired by SCs/RCs grew at
19percent (74,088crores) over the previous year. Out of the total security
receipts issued by SCs/RCs in 2010-11,71percent (11,233crores) was
subscribed by banking sector. 5.8 PERCEPTIONS OF BRANCH MANAGERS ON
THE CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT
OF NPAs 5.8.1 GENERALOPINION OF BRANCH MANAGERS 5.8.1.1Among all
finance activities, most of the sample branches are providing financing
assignment to business activities followed by personal segment and
agricultural activities. 5.8.1.2 Majority (92 percent) of the sample
respondents are accepting land and building as securities to sanction credits.
5.8.1.3 Majority (64 percent) respondents are getting financial details of
borrowers through CRISIL followed by personal asking with neighbouring
banks followed by getting information from Credit Cell and only 28 percent of
the branches are having internal risk rating system. 243 5.8.1.4 A majority
(84percent) of the respondents collect the information to assess the
creditworthiness of the borrowers by previous loan transaction in the same
branch followed by getting information from neighboring banks. 5.8.1.5 Most
of the respondents (88 percent) have identified the source of repayment of
borrowers through income or salary statement followed by assessment of
balance sheet (84 percent) and income tax assessment order (48percent)
5.8.1.6 A majority (76 percent) of the respondents have opined that, the
repayment of credit is prompt and the balance 24 percent of respondents
have opined that the repayment of credit is irregular which turns into
nonperforming assets 5.8.1.7 Most of the respondents (80 percent) have
reasoned that difficulty to realize the securities is due to deterioration,
maintenance etc., accompanied by market fluctuation (76 percent) and only
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16 percent of the respondents have opined that the fake securities are the
reasons for the failure to realize the desired return. 5.8.1.8 Among sample
respondents, 84 percent of the respondents have opined that the non
payment of loan arises from willful borrowers, followed by from first time
borrowers (44percent). 5.8.1.9 The level of NPAs in business activities has
been ranked as first because most of the sample branches are providing more
amounts of its credits to business activities followed by personal segment and
agricultural activities. 5.8.2 OPINION ON CAUSES OF NPAs 5.8.2.1 Willful
default has been ranked as the most important reason for NPAs followed by
Diversion of funds, Business failure. Selection of inappropriate technology
and Inflation has been given the least rank. 244 5.8.2.2 There are no
significant differences between the bank groups in ranking of factors
influencing NPAs by their branch managers except diversion of funds, under
financing, willful default, improper selection of borrowers, lack of proper post
supervision and follow up and loan to priority sector advances 5.8.2.3 There
are no significant differences between the branch locations in ranking of
factors influencing NPAs by the branch managers except in respect of factors
namely diversion of funds, selection of in appropriate technology, accidents
and natural calamities, loan waiver and wrong guidance given by political
parties. 5.8.3 OPINION ON IMPACT OF NON PERFORMING ASSETS 5.8.3.1 In
the opinion of managers, the impact of NPAs is felt mostly on profit (i.e.)
reduction in profit followed by increase in the operating expenses, decrease in
return on assets, liquidity of the bank, capital adequacy ratio and considerable
reduction in advances of the banks. However, the impact of NPAs on
borrowing capacity of bank and repayment of deposits and recycling of funds
has been ranked low. 5.8.3.2 While there are significant differences between
the bank groups in their opinion on the level of impact of NPAs on the
borrowing capacity of the bank, solvency liquidity of the bank, ability of
finance to other profitable ventures and increasing the operating cost of the
bank, there are no significant differences between bank groups in their
opinion on the level of impact on their performance variables. 5.8.3.3 There
are no significant differences among the branch location in the opinion on the
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level of impact of NPAs on the selected performances variable except


repayment of deposits, capital adequacy ratio, ability of finance to other
profitable ventures and considerable reduction in advances of banks. 245
5.8.4 OPINION ON EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS RECOVERY MEASURES
5.8.4.1 All the given recovery channels are used by the branch managers
regarding recovery of NPAs but Bankadalat the recently introduced channel
by the RBI for recovery of NPAs has been used only by 24 percent of sample
branch managers. 5.8.4.2 In the opinion of the bank managers, for effective
recovery of NPAs, Compromise Settlement Scheme ranked as first followed by
enforcement of security interest under SARFAESI Act, then by other means in
the following order: by visit to borrowers‟ premises, Recovery camp and One
Time Settlements(OTS) 5.8.4.3 There are no significant differences between
bank groups in the perceptions of their branch managers on the effectiveness
of recovery measures recommended by RBI and Government except Civil
Court, Visit to borrowers‟ premises and Sale through ARCs 5.8.4.4 There are
significant differences among the branch locations, namely Metro, Urban,
Semi-urban and Rural branch in their opinion on effectiveness of NPAs
recovery measures regarding Compromise Settlement, Recovery camp and
Civil Courts. 5.8.5 OPINION ON SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES
REGARDING RECOVERY OF NPAs 5.8.5.1 The majority (84 percent) of branch
managers have the support from Head office in the recovery of NPAs followed
by Co-bankers (72percent), Government agencies (64 percent) and Trade
associations and other agencies (48 percent) 5.8.5.2 The majority (72
percent) of branch managers have the support from Cobankers in the
recovery of NPAs and such a support or lock of it has no significant 246
association with the bank groups and there is a significant association
between opinion on support from co- bankers and branch locations. 5.8.5.3
The majority (84 percent) of branch managers have the support of head office
in the recovery of NPAs and such a support or lack of it has no significant
association with the bank groups in which they work and their areas of
operations. 5.8.5.4The majority (64 percent) of branch managers have the
support of Government agencies in the recovery of NPAs and such a support
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or lack of it has no significant association with the bank groups and there is a
significant association between opinion on support from government
agencies and branch locations. 5.8.5.5 The majority (52 percent) of branch
managers do not have the support of Trade associations in the recovery of
NPAs and such a support or lack of it has no significant associations with the
bank groups in which they work and their areas of operations. 5.8.6 OPINION
ON ISSUES ON MANAGEMENT OF NPAs In the opinion of the branch
managers regarding the management of NPAs, provision of the SARFAESI Act,
waiver of loan to be abolished, analysis of financial statement of borrowers,
appraisal of the amount and timing of cash flows are given highest ranking
and the agricultural loans below Rs. 1lakh and unsecured loans which are out
side the purview of SARFAESI Act has been ranked as low. 247 5.8.7 OPINION
ON SUGGESTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO AVOID/MINIMIZE THE
LEVEL OF NPAs 5.8.7.1In the opinion of branch managers regarding,
maintaining continuous rapport or relationship with borrowers, compromise
settlement Scheme, regular monitoring of loan accounts, inspection of the
business units, case by case analysis, publishing the list of willful defaulters
through CIBIL are given highest ranking as far as the effective measures to
avoid/ minimize NPAs are concerned. However, the lowest ranking is given to
more transparencies in the granting of loans and reduction of priority sector
lending. 5.8.7.2While there are significant differences between the bank
groups in their opinion on suggestions for effective measures to avoid/
minimize the level of NPAs such as maintaining continuous rapport/
relationship with borrowers, making the bank staffs more responsible,
effective Corporate Governance and reduction of priority sector lending,
there are no significant differences among the bank groups in their opinion
with regard to all other suggestions for effective measures to reduce the level
of NPAs at branch level. 5.8.7.3 There is significant differences among branch
locations in their opinion on reconstruction of advances, case by case
analysis, publishing the list of willful defaulters through CIBIL, avoiding
political interference in the granting of loans, making the borrowers more
responsible and accountable, proper pre-sanction appraisal and effective
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corporate governance, but there are no significant differences among the


branch locations in their opinion on all other suggestions for effective
measures to reduce the level of NPAs at branch level. 5.8.8 OPINION ON THE
REASONS FOR DECLINE IN THE LEVEL OF NPAs SINCE 2002 248
Improvement in quality of advances in the recovery of non performing assets
has been accorded the highest importance followed by improvement in credit
appraisal made by Credit Risk Management System in the banks as the
second most important reason, legal measures and personal effort of
managers and staffs in the recovery of NPAs are considered as the other
important reasons for decline in the level of non performing assets of banks,
write-off of non performing assets has been given the least rank. 5.8.9
OPINION ON GENERAL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS The branch
managers have agreed to the largest extent with the statement like „loans
sanctioned under government sponsored schemes turn into NPAs than other
categories‟ followed by „the banking reforms have helped in improving
productivity and efficiency of the economy and increasing the
competitiveness of banks‟ and „NPAs cannot be eliminated totally. Similarly,
the managers are in the least favourable to reducing the NPAs norms from
90days to 60days so as to increase the quality of advances. 5.8.10.
SUGGESTIONS Based on the major findings of the study, the following
suggestions are offered to have effective credit risk management system to
control the NPAs and increase the profitability and productivity of the banks.
5.8.10.1. SUGGESTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND RBI
5.8.10.1.1A high powered committee on the credit risk management system to
oversee the management of NPAs comprising of legal experts and a peer team
who have wide knowledge in the field of global financial sector should be
setup. The proposed committee should also address the effective Credit Risk
Management System to oversee the Credit deposit Ratio, Capital Adequacy
Ratio and the NPAs related issues especially on unsecured advances, priority
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5.8.10.1.2 Management of NPAs requires specialized skill and knowledge,
most of the Foreign Banks are engaging professional agencies right from the
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stage of identification of genuine borrowers till the recovery of advances.


However, banks in India are not permitted at present to engage such
agencies. If they are permitted to use such agencies in the effective
management of credit risk, it would reduce the cost of managing such funds
and thus to enhance competitiveness in financing. International experiences
also show a positive sign on the engagement of professional agencies by the
banks. 5.8.10.1.3 The concept of securitization is at present getting
momentum world wide. It gives mutual benefits to the lenders and borrowers
on the effective utilization of funds. Hence, RBI should formulate an ideal
framework, keeping in mind the global scenario for securitization of stressed
assets of banking sector advances to reduce the level of NPAs at minimum
possible level. 5.8.10.1.4 The RBI insists that all banks be subjected to
assessment and accreditation by a special rating agency approved by RBI. The
NPAs level should be one of the criteria for evaluating the performance of the
banks. Based on this, banks would be given grades by the rating agencies.
This will improve the image and ultimately help the stakeholders of the
banking industry. 5.8.10.1.5The sharing of credit information is vital for
banks. Hence, the functioning of CIBIL should be strengthened to facilitate
smooth flow of credit information among the banks and guidelines should be
sent to all the banks compulsorily, credit information about their borrowers
should be supplied to CIBIL. 5.8.10.1.6 The ARCIL has been playing a critical
role in the sale of NPAs of the banks. Hence, permission should be given for
setting up more numbers of ARCs 250 and banks must be encouraged to sell
this stressed asset to ARCs. This will also reduce the burden of bank
employees who are engaged in the recovery process. 5.8.10.1.7 At the
present, the percentage of recovery of NPAs through Civil Courts is highly
time consuming, more DRTs should be setup to speed up the recovery of
NPAs. Existing DRTs should be strengthened in terms of infrastructure, staff
and expertise. 5.8.10.2 SUGGESTIONS TO THE BANKERS 5.8.10.2.1The
borrowers should be educated that repayment of loans is their social
responsibility. For this purpose, an association of borrowers at branch level
should be organized to inculcate the accountability of borrowers to repay the
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loans promptly. The proposed association should also address grievances and
inconvenience of the borrowers in the repayment of loans. Besides, it should
also act as supplier of information to the borrowers. 5.8.10.2.2The bank
should formulate a comprehensive credit insurance scheme especially for
priority sector lending and government sponsored scheme in order to make
good the losses on account of NPAs. For this there should be a proper
coordination between bank and the government agencies to solve problems
associated with the NPAs. Besides, a separate Credit Risk Management System
should be established in every branch to monitor the stressed loan accounts
under priority sector and government sponsored scheme. 5.8.10.2.3In case
the borrower‟s ability to repay the dues and banker‟s ability to recover the
same are limited, it would be better to organize more Recovery camps,
Compromise Settlements Scheme and Lokadalats. The Bankers should take
adequate measures to strengthen banker‟s customer relationship. The branch
manager should be given sufficient powers to accept the compromise
proposals 251 worked out at the Lokadalats within the broad policies and
guidelines of each individual bank at rural and semi-urban areas. 5.8.10.2.4
The SARFAESI Act has given the required power to fight the menace of the
NPAs for effective recovery of NPAs; the banks should initiate the legal action
under this act where there is no room for Compromise Settlement.
5.8.10.2.5The quality of loan assets ensures the profitability and
competitiveness of the bank. Hence, bank should be very cautious in
identifying genuine borrowers and ask them to provide complete information
to be stored in a database and monitor the loan accounts closely to prevent
slippage of loan accounts into NPAs category. 5.8.10.2.6 Each bank should set
up separate ARCs to take over the bad and doubtful debts at a discount so
that the responsibility of managing NPAs can be minimized. 5.8.10.2.7 In the
case of loan accounts where recovery is affected by temporary problems or
natural causes, necessary steps should be taken by the branch managers for
rescheduling or restructuring of such loan accounts before they slip into
NPAs category. Slippages from standard assets to NPAs category should be
regularly monitored and recovery measures should be intensified to prevent
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such slippages in future. 5.8.10.2.8 Know Your Customer (KYC) norms should
be implemented very strictly by every bank, since the decision regarding
sanctioning of loans depends upon the information available about the
integrity of character, capacity, family background, knowledge, technical
competence, managerial capabilities, initiative and market standing of the
borrowers, the banks should maintain a proper information system using the
information technology. 252 5.8.10.2.9 The experiences of branch covered in
the present study indicate the recovery of NPAs is possible if adequate care is
taken by the bank officials. Hence, there should be pragmatic approach,
sincerity and involvement on the part of the branch officials. They should
shoulder the responsibility of recovery more enthusiastically and
confidentially. 5.8.10.2.10The bank should make vigorous effort to strengthen
the internal control and risk management system and set up early warning
signals to detect the NPAs at the early stage and initiate necessary actions.
5.8.10 .3 SUGGESTIONS TO THE BORROWERS Willful defaults and diversion
of funds are the major reasons for chronic NPAs. To avoid this, a quality circle
should be formed among borrowers in consultation with bankers. Defaulters
should be prompted by fellow borrowers in regulating their loan accounts.
The quality circle should be created for healthy practices among the
borrowers in the repayment of loans. A self control mechanism as a part of
quality circle should be evolved to avoid willful default and diversion of
funds. CONCLUSION In the present study, a sincere attempt has been made to
analyze the parameters of Credit Risk Management Systems to oversee the
management of NPAs by banks and together the experiences of branch
managers of both Public and Private Sector Bank groups in metro, urban,
semi-urban and rural areas which suggest that recovery of NPAs 253 will be
more effective if proper care is taken by bank officials in shouldering the
recovery drive more enthusiastically and confidently. The SARFAESI Act has
significant positive implication in the recovery of NPAs by banks. With the
passage of the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debt Laws
(Amendment) bill on 7th December 2004 by the Central Government, the
recovery of NPAs has improved significantly. The success of credit risk
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strategy and policies to manage the credit risk. Thus the ultimate aim is to
protect and improve the loan quality to reduce the level of NPAs.

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