The old dictums Prevention is better than cure and A stich in time saves nine are very much applicable and relevant in the matter of classifying the account as Non-Performing Asset (NPA).
If anybody asks me, Whom do you think the most important person alive in your life so far? Then my answer is that I am the most important person in my life. If we dispassionately look at the question devoid of prejudices and vested interests and with proper application of our mind, the answer can be only one.
Amendment to SARFAESI Act introduced in 2013 brought out certain changes in the Act wherein under section 14 compulsory filing of an affidavit by the secured creditor through their Authorised Officer with the District Magistrate / Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be, to take possession of the secured assets is introduced.
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said that the Government has accepted a report submitted by a committee of bankers led by Punjab National Bank Chairman Mr. Sunil Mehta to set up an Asset Management Company (AMC) for the resolution of loans. They will also set up Alternate Investment Funds to raise money to back the AMC.
The most important aspect in credit appraisal and assessment and monitoring in banking is the capacity of the sanctioning, monitoring, and reviewing authorities to take timely decision based on the performance of the past and the prospects of the future to meet the challenges of the present so as to prevent the account becoming Non-Performing Asset (NPA).
Recently Mr. Piyush Goyal, Finance Minister, announced setting up of a committee to give recommendations in two weeks on formation of an asset reconstruction company for faster resolution of stressed assets besides mooting the idea of BAD BANK.
The great jewel scam that is rocking the nation has opened up a Pandora Box on how the banks have become soft target for unscrupulous scam creators in connivance with the bank officials. It is apparent from the modus operandi of the operations that it is a systematic, well conceived and planned loot of the Indian Banking system.
The recent judgment of the Trial Court in the matter of 2G scam denotes yet another failure of the conscience and consciousness of the nation because it did not invoke enough strong protest from the general public. Political expediency should not be allowed to sabotage and suppress the truth and allow the perpetrators of a crime to go unpunished.
What makes people react so spontaneously to whatever that this one and the only man does? No political leader worth the name in the entire nation draws so much attention than the controversial and mercurial personality called Narendra Modi.
Recently I have undertaken an assignment of dealing with the legal proceedings initiated by three nationalized banks under SARFAESI Act of a Corporate Company who are service providers to infrastructure projects initiated by the State Governments and Central Government and some of them are being financed by World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
