Title: Non-performing assets of public and private sector banks in India - a comparative study

Authors: R. Bhaskaran; Lalit Bhalla; Vishal Sarin; Sukhpreet Kaur; Afzalur Rahman; Gagandeep Singh; Amit M. Bhattacharya; Abhishek Kumar Jha; Pooja Verma

Addresses: Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Commerce and Economics Discipline, School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

Abstract: The banking sector is the backbone of the Indian economy. In this paper, the NPAs of public and private sector banks in India has been compared over a period of ten years (2004 to 2013). It has been observed that the percentage of net NPAs to net advances in public sector banks is varied between 3.1 and 0.9. In case of private sector banks, it varied between 2.4 and 0.4. A regression analysis has also been carried out in order to determine the relationship between the net advances and net NPAs for both sectors. From this analysis, it is evident that private sector banks are performing well in reducing the level of NPAs than public sector banks. This is an alarming figure to the Indian economy; therefore, the public sector banks have to take necessary steps in recovery of loans like war footing method.

Keywords: non-performing assets; NPAs; public sector banks; private sector banks; India; banking industry; loan recovery; bank performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2016.078891

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2016 Vol.25 No.2, pp.155 - 172

Received: 04 Nov 2014
Accepted: 28 Jan 2015

Published online: 04 Sep 2016 *

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