A Study of Non Performing Assets Management with Reference to Select Indian Public Sector Banks and Private Sector Banks

Abstract

The asset quality of banks is one of the most important indicators of their financial health. It also reflects the effectiveness of banks’ credit risk management and the recovery environment. It is important that the signs of distress in all stressed accounts are detected early and those which are viable are also extended restructuring facilities expeditiously to preserve their economic value. (RBI/2012-13/208). The Indian banking sector has been facing severe problems of raising Non- Performing Assets (NPAs). The NPAs growth directly affects the profitability of banks. The problem of NPAs is not only affecting the banks but is affecting the economy as a whole. In fact high level of NPAs in Indian banks is nothing but a reflection of industry and trade. NPA do not generate any income, whereas, the bank is required to make provisions for such as assets. (Olekar and Talawar, 2012). NPAs do not just reflect badly in a bank‟s account books, they adversely impact the working of economy. There are many research conducted on the topic of Non- Performing Assets (NPA) Management, concerning particular bank, comparative study of public and private banks etc. In this paper the researcher is considering the aggregate data of select public sector and private sector banks and attempts to compare analyze and interpret the NPA management from the year 2010 -2015. On the conceptual side, it gives an overview of NPA, various types of NPA and its cause. The tools used in the study are Least square method and ANOVA. The findings reveals the percentage of Gross NPA to Gross advances is increasing for public banks, the Estimated Gross NPA for 2014-15 is also more in public banks as compared to private banks and from the ANOVA test, it is concluded Ratio of Gross NPA to Gross Advances for public sector and private Sector Banks does not have significant difference between 2010 to 2015.