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Govt's recapitalisation package will narrow PSBs credit, NPA weakness

Moody's expects the government will allocate the Rs 1.5 lakh crore in capital across the country's 21 public sector banks so that they will all have common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratios.

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Govt's recapitalisation package will narrow PSBs credit, NPA weakness
Illustration photo of an India Rupee note. Photo: Reuters
Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Thu, Jan 04, 2018
04:03 pm
Mumbai, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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Following the government's recapitalisation measures for the public sector banks (PSBs), the Moody's Investor Services believe this can help them narrow their credit and stressed asset weakness.
 
Moody's said, “The gap between the capital profiles of Indian public and private sector banks is expected to narrow following the government's announced Rs 2.1 lakh crore ($32 billion) recapitalization plan for the public sector banks, which are financially the weaker entities.”
 
Moody's believe the recapitalisation plan would facilitate two key policy initiatives for PSBs namely their non-performing loan (NPL) resolution and Basel III implementation.
 
Alka Anbarasu, a Moody's Vice President and Senior Analyst said, "The capital infusion will also help public sector banks build their provisioning coverage ratios as they will be able to allocate much of their operating profits towards loan-loss provisioning without having to worry about the impact on their capital positions."
 
"The rated banks will achieve an average provision coverage of 70% by fiscal 2019, allowing them to take appropriate haircuts on problem assets. Such haircuts reflect one step in the regulator's efforts towards a thorough clean-up of balance sheets across these banks," Anbarasu added.
 
The average common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio of rated PSBs as on September 2017, stood at 8.7% compared with that of 12.2% of rated private banks.
 
However, Moody's also admitted that details on capital allocations to individual banks are lacking at this stage from a top-down perspective.
 
But Moody's expects the government will allocate the Rs 1.5 lakh crore in capital across the country's 21 public sector banks so that they will all have common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratios above the minimum Basel III requirement of 8% by the end of March 2019, which is the end of fiscal 2019.
 
The rating agency believes that with much greater visibility now regarding their future receipt of adequate capital from the government, it is possible that public sector banks may also regain market access.
 
Talking on NPA, ICRA says that the pace of fresh NPA generation continues to moderate with an annualized rate of 3.9% for Q2 FY2018 against an annualized 5.0% for H1 FY2018 and 5.5% for FY2017.
 
In ICRA's view GNPAs are likely to increase to Rs 8.8-9.0 lakh crore (GNPA of 10.0-10.2%) by the end of FY2018 compared to Rs 7.65 lakh crore (GNPA of 9.5%) at the end of FY2017.
 
It estimates NPA  generation at a rate of 3-4% for FY2018, which will translate into fresh slippages of Rs 2.5-3.0 trillion, and after adjustment for recoveries/upgrades and write-offs.
 
While the GNPAs are likely to peak by the end of FY2018, the negative impact arising from elevated provision levels for weak assets is likely to continue until FY2019, says ICRA.
 
Karthik Srinivasan, ICRA's Group Head for Financial Sector Ratings said, " We expects their credit provisions for the sector to surge to Rs 2.4-2.6 lakh crore during FY2018 against Rs 2 lakh crore during FY2017."
 
With the credit provisioning of the PSBs significantly higher than core operating profitability, ICRA estimates that they will report losses of  Rs 30,000 - Rs 40,000 crore during FY2018 as against Rs 70 crore during FY2017.
 
Considering that one third of GNPAs are identified for resolution under IBC, credit provisioning surged during Q2 FY2018 with a 40% increase on a sequential basis and a 30% increase on a Y-o-Y basis, ICRA believes this recapitalisation plan can help PSBs overcome the weakness.
 
ICRA says that with PSBs accounting for almost 88% of GNPAs, the ability and willingness of these banks to resolve these stressed accounts has also improved following the  government's announcement on their recapitalisation.
 
Moody also stated that there is significant scope for the government to reduce its current shareholdings in these banks and also maintain majority ownership.
 
Apart from recapitalisation move, the Finance Ministry has set an Alternative Mechanism (AM) panel to expedite the consolidation among the nationalised banks to create 'strong and competitive banks'.
 
Additionally, the move will also strengthen the government's bargaining position for pushing through some of its more fundamental reforms, such as those targeting corporate governance and industry consolidation.
 

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