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Asia-PacificFebruary 10 2021

India plans ‘bad bank’ to tidy up struggling banking sector

The country’s banks entered the pandemic in poor shape, and the central bank has warned the NPL ratio could exceed 13% this year.
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India plans ‘bad bank’ to tidy up struggling banking sector

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a huge $500bn budget on February 1, focused on healthcare and infrastructure and aimed at boosting the country’s Covid-19 ravaged economy.

During her speech, she also committed the Indian government to forming a ‘bad bank’, in an attempt to tidy up the country’s struggling banking sector.

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