As per RBI data, between 2014 and 2020, total burden of non-performing loans on banks was nearly 365 percent more than that during previous six years of UPA rule
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Data the Reserve Bank of India shared with Right to Information Act activist Biswanath Goswami showed that Mehul Choksi-owned Gitanjali Gems was the top wilful defaulter, accounting for Rs 5,071 crore of non-performing assets (NPA). Banks wrote off Rs 622 crore of the firm’s loans.
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KOLKATA: Banks have written off almost Rs 62,000 crore of loans of top 100 wilful defaulters as of March 2020, with Jatin Mehta’s Winsome Diamonds & Jewellery topping the list, helping them to show lower non-performing assets.
Data the Reserve Bank of India shared with Right to Information Act activist Biswanath Goswami showed that Mehul Choksi-owned Gitanjali Gems was the top wilful defaulter, accounting for Rs 5,071 crore of non-performing assets (NPA). Banks wrote off Rs 622 crore of the firm’s loans.