New Delhi: Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday
posted a record Rs 5,367.1 crore net loss in Q4, making it biggest quarterly
loss by any public sector lender in the Indian banking history.
A three-fold surge in provisioning for bad loans,
including for power discoms and Punjab foodgrain related loans, were the main
drags on the bank’s performance and it expects the pain to continue for some
more time.
In the corresponding quarter last year PNB had posted
net profit of Rs 306.5 crore. PNB Managing Director Usha Ananthasubramanian said,
“We have done Asset Quality Review (AQR) fully... The bank has provided Rs
11,380 crore for bad loans during the quarter including Rs 385 crore for
discoms.”
Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans rose to
12.9 percent in March from 8.47 percent in December, and 6.55 percent a year
earlier.
The bank, however saw its operating profit rise to Rs
3,228 crore, from Rs 3,203 crore in the year-ago quarter. Total income during
the quarter declined to Rs 13,276 crore, from Rs 13,456 crore a year ago. Interest
income also fell to Rs 10,824 crore, from Rs 11,651 crore in the fourth quarter
of 2014-15. The net interest income fell to Rs 2,768 crore from Rs 3,792 crore.
On full year basis, the bank reported a loss of Rs
3,974 crore for 2015-16, as against a profit of Rs 3,062 crore in the previous
fiscal. However, full-year total income rose to Rs 54,301 crore, from Rs
52,206.09 crore in 2014-15.
Founded on 19th May, 1894, PNB celebrates its 122nd
anniversary today. It has its headquarters in New Delhi. The bank has over
6,300 branches and over 7,900 ATMs across 764 cities. It serves over 80
million customers.
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