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IDBI gets Rs 9,000 cr to turn zero NPA
Our Bureau
Mumbai
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July 8
INDUSTRIAL Development Bank of India (IDBI) will be a zero NPA institution before it converts itself into a bank. The Finance Minister in his Budget presented today has set aside Rs 9,000 crore in order to clean up its balance sheet.
The Rs 9,000-crore will be called a stressed asset stabilisation fund and will be off the balance sheet of IDBI. IDBI had net NPAs as high as 14 per cent as on March 2003.
The fund will float zero interest bonds which are likely to be retired depending on the recovery of the bad loans.
IDBI is set to start functioning as a commercial bank with a focus on development finance. The Government has reportedly notified the date of conversion of the institution into a commercial bank with effect from July 1, 2004. IDBI, which has been training its staff at State Bank of India's training college and at its subsidiary, IDBI Bank has plans to roll out 50 branches within the current fiscal.
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