For a sample of 29 publicly listed banks, provision for non-performing assets (NPAs) declined by 2.9% to Rs. 27,318.2 crores. For PSBs, it fell by 11.6% to Rs. 14,628.3 crore, half of which recorded a year-on-year decline in loan loss provisions. PSBs including Punjab National Bank, Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank reported 82-93% reduction in NPA provision.
On the other hand, private sector banks increased their NPA provision by 12.5% for the quarter led by select banks including ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Bank, IDBI Bank and Federal Bank to Rs. 12,690 crore was shown.
Three out of every four private sector banks reported a year-on-year increase in their NPA provision. As a result, their share in the quarterly NPA provision rose to 46.5% from 41.2% a year ago and 42.1% in the previous quarter.
On the revenue front, private sector banks fared better than PSBs. Net Interest Income (NII) of the total sample grew by 6.5% YoY to Rs. 1,98,668 crore, led by private banks’ total NII of Rs. 96,122.7 crore has grown by 11.3%. NII for PSBs increased by a modest 2.4% to Rs. 1,02,545 crores.
Each of the 17 private sector banks and 10 out of 12 PSBs in the sample reported year-on-year growth in NII in the September quarter. Private banks’ share of the sample’s NII rose to 48.4% from 46.3% in the year-ago quarter and 47.6% in the previous quarter.
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