GNPAs stand at 8.41L- cr in Dec.

New Delhi, March 9: The gross non- performing assets ( GNPAs) of all the banks in the country amounted to ` 8,40,958 crore in December, led by industry loans followed by services and agriculture sectors, the government said on Friday.

The GNPAs or bad loans of scheduled commercial banks as on December 31, 2017 due to loans to industry were at ` 6,09,222 crore, accounting for 20.41 per cent of the gross advances.

That was followed by ` 1,10,520 crore ( 5.77 per cent) dues from services sector; ` 69,600 crore ( 6.53 per cent) from agriculture and allied activities; ` 14,986 crore from other non- food credit and ` 36,630 crore ( 2.01 per cent) from retail loans, MoS ( finance) Shiv Pratap Shukla said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

The highest amount of GNPAs was for country’s largest lender SBI at ` 2,01,560 crore.

Among others, Punjab National Bank ( PNB) was at ` 55,200 crore; IDBI Bank — ` 44,542 crore; Bank of India — ` 43,474 crore; Bank of Baroda — ` 41,649 crore; Union Bank of India — ` 38,047 crore; Canara Bank — ` 37,794 crore and ICICI Bank — ` 33,849 crore.

Indian Overseas Bank bank had GNPAs of ` 31,724 crore; Central Bank of India — ` 32,491 crore; UCO Bank — ` 24,308 crore; Allahabad Bank — ` 23,120 crore; Andhra Bank — ` 21,599 crore and Corporation Bank — ` 21,818 crore.