Provisioning

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Bank of India plunges 6% after Q3 net falls 70% on high provisioning

State-owned Bank of India (BoI) today reported a steep 70.4 percent fall in net profit to Rs 173.38 crore for the third quarter ended 31 December on account of higher provisioning and subdued growth in interest income.

RBI gets cracking, raises provisioning for recast loans

The provisioning requirements for restructured loans of banks has been raised to 5 percent from existing 2.75 percent. The new norms would be applicable on fresh cases. For existing ones, the raise has been proposed in a phased manner.

SBI rules out cutting lending rates due to hike in provisioning

SBI Chairman said the bank will lose Rs 300 crore because of the additional provisioning requirement while gain from the CRR cut is only Rs 225 crore