Banking sector has been plagued by a whopping Rs 6 lakh crore stressed assets, NPAs and bad loans.
Pranab Mukherjee (82) has worked closely as a Congressman with both former Prime Ministers Indira and Rajiv Gandhi and served as finance minister in the UPA II government led by ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh. (Photo: File)
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday approved the ordinance on Non-Performing Assets (NPA).
The ordinance will give greater powers to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to tackle mounting bad loans, according to an official in the finance ministry aware of the development.
Earlier, the Union Cabinet had approved promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Banking Regulation Act for resolution of the non-performing asset ( NPA) crisis.
The Cabinet also gave its nod to the National Steel Policy- 2017 which targets to achieve 300 Million tonne of steel making capacity by 2030 with an additional investment of ten lakh crore rupees.
( Source : ANI )
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