MUMBAI (Aryavarth): The decline in bad assets of banks to a 12-year low of 2.8 percent and strong GDP numbers will help in sustaining the growth momentum and withstanding global shocks, said the Reserve Bank’s Financial Stability Report (FSR) released on Thursday.
The real gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 8.2 percent in 2023–24 against 7 percent in the preceding fiscal year, despite muted private and government consumption and external demand conditions acting as a drag.
The FSR report showed that the gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) fell to 2.8 percent and the net non-performing assets (NNPA) ratio to 0.6 percent at the end of March 2024.