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Asia-PacificJuly 3 2017

The state of play: India’s banks in 2017

In the past two years, recognising and resolving non-performing assets has become a central issue in the Indian banking sector, as the Reserve Bank of India pushed domestic lenders to unveil the full extent of their bad loans. Rekha Gupta Menon explores the impact this has had on the country's banks.
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The Indian banking sector continues to suffer from the malaise of bad loans. Stressed assets, which include non-performing loans (NPLs) along with restructured advances, are at an all-time high.

According to a report on Indian banks by global consulting firm McKinsey, stressed assets in the banking sector have grown by about 25% annually from 2013 to cross Rs10,000bn ($155bn) mark in December 2016.

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