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Bank officers’ union launches nationwide movement against privatisation, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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New Delhi, Bank officers’ union on Tuesday launched nationwide movement against proposed privatisation of stat-owned lenders. ‘Bank Bachao Desh Bachao Rally’ was held at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Tuesday attended by officers and other stakeholders from various parts of the country, the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) said in a statement.

Addressing the rally, AIBOC General Secretary Soumya Datta appealed to the government to withdraw the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which has been listed for introduction and passing in the winter session of Parliament.

“In case the government tables and passes the bill paving the way for the privatisation of the public sector banks, the bank officers will unite all the stakeholders of the banking sector and launch a nationwide agitation,” he said, urging the bankers to draw inspiration from the farmers movement.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting Budget 2021-22 earlier this year had announced the privatisation of public sector banks (PSBs) as part of disinvestment drive to garner Rs 1.75 lakh crore.

The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to be introduced during the session is expected to bring down the minimum government holding in the PSBs from 51 per cent to 26 per cent.

In the last concluded session, Parliament passed a bill to allow privatisation of state-run general insurance companies.

The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021, removed the requirement of the central government to hold at least 51 per cent of the equity capital in a specified insurer.

The Act, which came into force in 1972, provided for the acquisition and transfer of shares of Indian insurance companies and undertakings of other existing insurers in order to serve better the needs of the economy by securing the development of general insurance business.

Government think-tank NITI Aayog has already suggested two banks and one insurance company to Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment for privatisation.

According to sources, Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank are likely candidates for the privatisation.



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NBFC Agriwise Finserv partners Central Bank of India for agri loan disbursals

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Agriwise Finserv Limited, an agri-focussed NBFC, has entered into a co-lending agreement with Central Bank of India for agri-loan disbursal.

Cash credit for agri sector should be brought on par with other biz: SBI Ecowrap

The co-lending agreement will ensure that the farmer, agri and allied community get finance at affordable rates in a simple, transparent and speedy manner. The loan will be disbursed at a blended interest rate, as per the RBI directive on co-lending of loans, the company said in a statement.

Agriwise to enlarge portfolio

Kalpesh Ojha, Chief Financial Officer, Agriwise, said, “It is a matter of great pride and prestige to partner with Central Bank of India in our journey towards sustainable financial solutions in rural India. We are committed to enlarging our portfolio to under-served and un-served rural customer segments and increasing our offerings to our current customers. We wish to leverage partnerships that bring together our strength of reach and customer insights with the banks lower cost of funds. In parallel, our strong technology backbone is helping us capture unique customer insights to deliver our product and solutions in a seamless, transparent and fair manner.”

Bank of Baroda launches centralised agri-loans processing units

Central Bank of India focus

Rajeev Puri, Executive Director, Central Bank of India, said, “We are focussed on lending to the agriculture sector as priority sector lending is a key goal to empower our farmer community. With this tie-up, we wish to reach a larger and deeper set of customers in the rural and agri-sector. Agriwise, with its specialised knowledge and experience in dealing with agri and allied sectors, will enable us to serve a broader set of customers.”

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Centre to amend banking laws to facilitate privatisation of two PSU banks, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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To facilitate privatisation of two public sector banks (PSBs), the government is all set to introduce a banking laws amendment bill in the upcoming winter session starting Monday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting Budget 2021-22 earlier this year had announced the privatisation of PSBs as part of disinvestment drive to garner Rs 1.75 lakh crore.

The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to be introduced during the session is expected to bring down the minimum government holding in the PSBs from 51 percent to 26 percent, sources said.

However, sources said a final call in this respect would be taken by the Union Cabinet when it would vet the proposed legislation.

“To effect amendments in Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Acts, 1970 and 1980 and incidental amendments to Banking Regulation Act, 1949 in the context of Union Budget announcement 2021 regarding privatisation of two Public Sector Banks,” according to the list of legislative business for the Winter Session.

These Acts led to the nationalisation of banks in two phases and provisions of these laws have to be changed for the privatisation of banks, sources said.

In the last concluded session, Parliament passed a bill to allow privatisation of state-run general insurance companies.

The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021, removed the requirement of the central government to hold at least 51 per cent of the equity capital in a specified insurer.

The Act, which came into force in 1972, provided for the acquisition and transfer of shares of Indian insurance companies and undertakings of other existing insurers in order to better serve the needs of the economy by securing the development of general insurance business.

Government think-tank NITI Aayog has already suggested two banks and one insurance company to Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment for privatisation.

According to sources, Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank are likely candidates for the privatisation.

As per the process, the Core Group of Secretaries, headed by the Cabinet Secretary, will send its recommendation to Alternative Mechanism (AM) for its approval and eventually to the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister for the final nod.

The members of the Core Group of Secretaries include economic affairs secretary, revenue secretary, expenditure secretary, corporate affairs secretary, legal affairs secretary, Department of Public Enterprises secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) secretary and an administrative department secretary.



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CGST officers unearth Rs 34 crore input tax credit fraud involving 7 firms, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Based upon specific intelligence, the officers of the Anti Evasion branch of Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi (East) have unearthed a case of availment/utilization and passing on of inadmissible input tax credit (ITC) through bogus GST invoices without actual movement of goods of Rs 34 crore.

The seven firms were created in order to generate bogus GST invoices with intent to pass on fraudulent ITC without actual movement of goods and without paying actual GST to the Government, according to a press release.

These entities have generated goods less GST invoices of value Rs 220 crore (approx.) and passed inadmissible ITC amounting to Rs 34 crore (approx.). Rishabh Jain was the mastermind behind running this racket of creating bogus firms and generating/selling bogus GST invoices.

The modus operandi involved creating multiple firms with the intent to avail/utilize & passing on of inadmissible credit. The firms involved in this network are Blue Ocean, Highjack Marketing, Kannha Enterprises, S S Traders, Evernest Enterprises, Gyan Overseas & Viharsh Exporters Pvt. Ltd.

Rishabh Jain tendered his voluntary statement admitting his guilt. He admitted that due to non payment against Overdraft account of Central Bank of India, the business premises were sealed by bankers. Thereafter, he indulged into issuance of bogus GST invoices without actual movement of goods.

Rishabh Jain has knowingly committed offences under Section 132(1)(b) of the CGST Act, 2017 which is cognizable and non-bailable offences as per the provisions of Section 132(5) and are punishable under clause (i) of the sub section (1) of Section 132 of the Act ibid. Accordingly, Rishabh Jain has been arrested under Section 132 of the CGST Act on 13.11.2021 and remanded to judicial custody by the duty Metropolitan Magistrate till 26.11.2021.

Further Investigations are in progress. (ANI)



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Central Bank of India may exit PCA next year after RBI revises norms

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The central bank has excluded the parameter of return on assets (ROA) from the list of triggers that could put a bank under the PCA framework.

By Piyush Shukla

The Reserve Bank of India’s modified guidelines on prompt corrective action (PCA) framework will likely aid Central Bank of India to exit the same next year. The central bank has excluded the parameter of return on assets (ROA) from the list of triggers that could put a bank under the PCA framework.

The RBI had placed Central Bank of India under the prompt corrective action framework in June 2017 for negative return on assets and higher ratio of bad loans, among others. Presently, it is the only lender facing restrictions under the framework.

According to the RBI’s revised circular on PCA, capital, asset quality and leverage will be the parameters used to identify lenders weak enough to enter PCA. As on September 30, Central Bank of India’s capital adequacy ratio (CRAR) improved to 15.38% from 12.34% a year ago, registering an improvement of 304 basis points. Of this, common equity Tier-I capital stood at 13.41%, while Tier-II capital was 1.97%.

The lender’s asset quality also improved in the reporting quarter with gross and net bad loans ratio falling to 15.52% and 4.51%, respectively, as on September-end, from 17.36% and 5.60%, respectively, a year ago.

Leverage ratio, as at the end of September, stood at 5.15%, higher than 3.96% as on September 30, 2020. “The bank meets all the revised parameters for exiting the PCA framework and we expect the bank could exit the PCA in the current financial year,” Anil Gupta, vice-president and sector head of financial sector ratings at Icra told the Financial Express.

In a report dated September 30, Icra had reaffirmed A+ rating on Central Bank of India’s Tier-II bonds amounting to Rs 2,500 crore. It also revised the outlook on these bonds to stable from negative after an improvement in the bank’s capital position and solvency profile, mainly backed by Rs. 4,800-crore capital infusion by the Centre.

“The ‘stable’ outlook factors in the improved prospects of the bank for exiting the PCA framework and resuming business growth, which will be a positive from a profitability perspective,” the report said.

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Central Bank of India reports 55% y-o-y rise in second quarter net profit

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Central Bank of India (CBoI) reported a 55 per cent year-on-year (yoy) rise in its second quarter net profit at ₹250 crore against ₹161 crore in the year ago period, buoyed by lower loan loss provisions, write-back in provisions for standard assets, among others.

The public sector bank’s net interest income (difference between interest earned and interest expended) was up about 6 per cent y-o-y to ₹2,495 crore (₹2,354 crore in the year ago period).

Total non-interest income, comprising fee-based income, treasury income and other receipts edged up 1.55 per cent y-o-y to ₹720 crore (₹709 crore).

Loan loss provisions declined 56 per cent y-o-y to ₹311 crore (₹707 crore). The bank received a write-back of ₹394 crore from provisions it made towards standard assets (against ₹33 crore provision it had made under this head). Income tax provision was also lower at ₹103 crore (₹193 crore).

Slippages

Fresh slippages were higher at ₹2,104 crore (₹1,281 crore in the first quarter). Reduction in non-performing assets (NPAs), including via upgradation, recovery (including sale to asset reconstruction company), regular write-off, stood at ₹2,781 crore (₹2,790 crore).

Gross NPAs improved to 15.52 per cent of gross advances as on September-end 2021 against 15.92 per cent as on June-end 2021. Net NPAs also improved to 4.51 per cent of net advances as against 5.09 per cent.

The bank seems to be closer to being brought out of the Reserve Bank of India’s prompt corrective action (PCA) framework as it is no longer in breach of any of the four risk thresholds (capital, asset quality, profitability and leverage), going by the numbers in the analyst presentation.

Total advances declined about 1 per cent y-o-y to ₹1,75,594 crore. The lender said it had done a technical write-off (two) of advances of ₹4,810 crore during quarter-ended March 2021. If this was not done, then figure of advances as on September-end 2021 would have been ₹1,80,404 crore, with y-o-y growth of 1.75 per cent.

Total deposits increased by 4 per cent y-o-y to ₹3,36,500 crore. The share of low-cost CASA deposits increased to 49.79 per cent of total deposits from 47.72 per cent in the year ago period.

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Net profit jumps 55% to Rs 250 crore, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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New Delhi: Public sector Central Bank of India on Tuesday reported an over 55 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 250 crore for the quarter ended September. The lender had posted a net profit of Rs 161 crore during the same quarter of the previous fiscal.

However, total income of the bank during July-September period of 2021-22 was down at Rs 6,503.39 crore, as against Rs 6,762.36 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing.

Net interest income rose 5.99 per cent to Rs 2,495 crore, as against Rs 2,354 crore earlier.

Net interest margin (NIM) improved from 3.21 per cent to 3.36 per cent on a year-on-year basis, registering an improvement of 15 basis points, it added.

On the asset quality front, net non-performing assets (NPAs or bad loans) reduced to 4.51 per cent as of September 30, 2021, from 5.60 per cent by end of the same month last year.

Gross NPAs moderated to 15.52 per cent from 17.36 per cent.

Also, the bank’s cost of deposit declined to 3.84 per cent from 4.45 per cent for the reported quarter.

However, there was a slight uptick in provisions and contingencies for the quarter at Rs 1,048.52 crore, as against Rs 1,033.34 crore parked aside in the September 2020 quarter.

The state-owned lender said its slippage ratio stood at 1.45 per cent as against 0.08 per cent as there was a moratorium granted by RBI due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the June 2021 quarter, it was 0.95 per cent.

“Slippage ratio during the quarter increased due to slippage of two corporate accounts of Rs 1,150 crore. Had these accounts not slipped during the quarter then the slippage ratio for Q2FY22 would have been 0.67 per cent,” the bank said in a release.

Total business stood at Rs 5,12,094 crore as on September 30, 2021, compared to Rs 5,00,737 crore earlier, registering a growth of Rs 11,357 crore (2.27 per cent) year-on-year.

Total deposits have increased by Rs 13,056 crore and stood at Rs 3,36,500 crore at the end of the quarter, from Rs 3,23,444 crore in the year-ago period, reflecting an increase of 4.04 per cent, it added.

Central Bank of India scrip closed at Rs 23.60 apiece on BSE, up 4.66 per cent from the previous close.



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Will profitable PSUs need capital support from govt this year?, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The government is likely to pump capital in public sector banks during the last quarter of the current financial year to meet regulatory requirements.

The government in Budget 2021-22 made an allocation of Rs 20,000 crore for capital infusion in the state-owned banks.The capital position of banks would be reviewed in the next quarter, and depending on the requirement, infusion will be made to meet the regulatory needs.

In the current fiscal so far, all 12 public sector banks have posted a profit, which is being ploughed back to bolster the balance sheet of the banks.

Going forward, the rise in stressed assets would determine capital requirement. If numbers are anything to go by, the financial health of public sector banks are showing gradual signs of improvement across the spectrum.

What Icra says

As per Icra’s estimates, public sector banks (PSBs) may not need the capital budgeted by the government for FY22, even with enhanced capital requirements.

However, banks are advised to keep provisions for any unforeseen events as it would provide confidence to banks, investors and credit growth. Icra said that large private sector banks (PVBs) also remain well-capitalised though few mid-sized ones could need to raise capital.

“We continue to maintain our credit growth estimate of 7.3-8.3 per cent for banks for FY2022 compared to 5.5 per cent for FY2021,” Icra said.

Despite expectations of moderation in gains on bond portfolios because of expectations of rising bond yields in FY22, the return on equity for banks is likely to remain steady at 4.4-7.6 per cent for PSBs (5.1 per cent in FY21) and 9.5-9.9 per cent for PVBs (10.5 per cent in FY2021), the report said.

PCA framework

Will profitable PSUs need capital support from govt this year?

Last month, the Reserve Bank of India removed UCO Bank and Indian Overseas Bank from its prompt corrective action framework, following improvement in various parameters and written commitment from them that would comply with the minimum capital norms.

The only public sector lender left under the PCA framework is Central Bank of India.

PCA is triggered when banks breach certain regulatory requirements such as return on asset, minimum capital, and quantum of the non-performing asset. These restrictions disable the bank in several ways to lend freely and force it to operate under a restrictive environment that turns out to be a hurdle to growth.

Last financial year, the government infused Rs 20,000 crore in the five public sector banks. Out of this, Rs 11,500 crore had gone to three banks under PCA — UCO Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, and Central Bank of India.

The government infused Rs 4,800 crore in Central Bank of India, Rs 4,100 crore in Indian Overseas Bank and Kolkata-based UCO Bank got Rs 2,600 crore. The government has infused over Rs 3.15 lakh crore into public sector banks (PSBs) in the 11 years through 2018-19.

In 2019-20, the government infused a capital of Rs 70,000 crore into PSBs to boost credit for a strong impetus to the economy.



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PSU banks likely to get capital support in Q4 to meet regulatory requirements, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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New Delhi, The government is likely to pump capital in public sector banks during the last quarter of the current financial year to meet the regulatory requirements. The government in the Budget 2021-22 has made an allocation of Rs 20,000 crore for the capital infusion in the state-owned banks.

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In the current fiscal so far, all 12 public sector banks have posted a profit, which is being ploughed back to bolster the balance sheet of the banks, sources said.

Going forward, they said, the rise in stressed assets would determine capital requirement.

If numbers are anything to go by, the sources said, the financial health of public sector banks are showing gradual signs of improvement across the spectrum.

Last month, the Reserve Bank removed UCO Bank and Indian Overseas Bank from prompt corrective action framework (PCAF), following improvement in various parameters and a written commitment that the state-owned lender will comply with the minimum capital norms.

However, the only public sector lender left under the PCA framework is Central Bank of India. PCA is triggered when banks breach certain regulatory requirements such as return on asset, minimum capital, and quantum of the non-performing asset.

PCA restrictions disable the bank in several ways to lend freely and force it to operate under a restrictive environment that turns out to be a hurdle to growth.

Last financial year, the government infused Rs 20,000 crore in the five public sector banks. Out of this, Rs 11,500 crore had gone to three banks under the PCA — UCO Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, and Central Bank of India.

The government infused Rs 4,800 crore in Central Bank of India, Rs 4,100 crore in Indian Overseas Bank and Kolkata-based UCO Bank got Rs 2,600 crore.

The government has infused over Rs 3.15 lakh crore into public sector banks (PSBs) in the 11 years through 2018-19. In 2019-20, the government infused Rs 70,000 crore capital into PSBs to boost credit for a strong impetus to the economy.



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RBI lifts PCA curbs on Indian Overseas Bank, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The Reserve Bank of India today lifted Prompt Corrective Action restrictions from the Indian Overseas Bank, the central bank said in a release.

The decision came after the bank reported its earnings for the year ended March 31, 2021, and the RBI observed that IOB was not in breach of the PCA parameters.

IOB has also provided a written commitment that it would comply with the norms of Minimum Regulatory Capital, Net NPA and Leverage ratio on an ongoing basis and has said that it would make structural and systemic improvements, RBI said in the release.

The RBI has said that it will continue monitoring the bank.

PCA is triggered when banks breach regulatory norms such as return on asset, minimum capital, among others.

Earlier this month, RBI had lifted PCA restrictions on UCO Bank. Now, only Central Bank of India remains in the list.



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