For every Rs 100 parked in shares of public sector banks, investors carry the burden of Rs 150 as bad loans, which have cumulatively ballooned to Rs 4 lakh crore or 1.5 times the market value of these lenders. In comparison, bad loans of private sector banks are just about 6.6 per cent of their total valuation. In case of PSU banks, if loans that face the risk of being declared NPAs (Non Performing Assets) going ahead are also taken into account, their overall stressed advances are estimated to be almost double at over Rs 8 lakh crore.
Read more at: At Rs 4 lakh cr, bad loans exceed market value of PSU banks - Moneycontrol.com
Read more at: At Rs 4 lakh cr, bad loans exceed market value of PSU banks - Moneycontrol.com