NARCL wins auction for Wind World’s majority debt

NARCL wins auction for Wind World’s majority debt

The government-backed National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) is declared the winning bidder for a majority debt of Wind World (India) following an uncontested Swiss challenge auction held by lenders on Monday, said people with knowledge of the matter. NARCL gave a binding offer of Rs 670 crore to acquire Rs 3763 crore debt from lenders, … Read more

NARCL: Biggest play: NARCL offers ₹10,000 crore for JP Associates’ loans

NARCL: Biggest play: NARCL offers ₹10,000 crore for JP Associates’ loans

National Asset Reconstruction Company of India (NARCL) has proposed to acquire the debt of Jaiprakash Associates from banks for ₹10,000 crore, making it the largest offer made so far by the government-backed asset reconstruction company (ARC) that started operations just over two years ago. If a majority of lenders sell their debt, ARC will acquire … Read more

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman meets heads of PSBs, reviews financial performance

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman meets heads of PSBs, reviews financial performance

New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Saturday held a meeting with heads of public sector banks and reviewed their financial performance. During the meeting, concerns related to cyber security and the risks on the financial sector were discussed, sources said. Issues related to fraud and wilful defaulters and progress on the National Asset Reconstruction … Read more

Finance ministry asks banks to monitor top 20 IBC cases

Finance ministry asks banks to monitor top 20 IBC cases

NEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Friday asked heads of public sector banks to monitor and review the top 20 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code cases as part of their bad assets management. During a meeting with managing directors and CEOs of public sector banks, financial services secretary Vivek Joshi asked them to review the top … Read more