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Interview with MD & CEO, Canara Bank
I am very confident that Canara Bank is doing well and will do much better in the coming years, says RA Sankara Narayanan, MD & CEO, Canara Bank. During a conversation with Swati Khandelwal, Narayanan also said that the bank has seen reduced slippage in the fourth quarter at Rs 2,500 crore against an average slippage of Rs 5,000 crore in earlier quarters.
Edited excerpts:
There are two things and they are growth and reduction in NPAs.
Growth: Growth is at 13% for the current financial year. We have clocked Rs 10,44,000 crore of business till March 2019. Operating profit has improved by Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 10,600 crore against Rs 9,400 crore in the last fiscal. It has resulted in a net profit of Rs 347 crore in the current year from a net loss of Rs 4,200 crore last year.
Reduction in NPAs: Last year's provision coverage ratio stood at 58% and this year it stands at 68.13%. Due to that, the gross NPA, as well as net NPA, has dropped substantially, and the gross NPA has dropped from 11.84% during last year to 7.48% this year. In the case of net NPA, we were at 8.83% last year and currently, it has dropped to 5.37%. Overall capital adequacy is also good.
Going forward, we will ensure that growth remains intact. In short, bank research for FY20 will be very strong to make sure that we perform better than the last fiscal, i.e. FY19. I am very confident that Canara Bank is doing well and will do much better in coming years.
Definitely, we will ensure that quality growth is maintained in all segments of banking whether it is retail, SME, agriculture or corporate trading. We select the customers with due diligence with good projects. The resolution of the NPAs will add value to me as far as providing coverage and profitability are concerned. That will also have a positive impact on my overall capital adequacy.
In addition, we are seeing reduced slippages, which is a very good sign for any bank, particularly for Canara Bank. Compared to Rs 5,000 crore average slippages during the earlier quarter, our slippages in the fourth quarter stood at just Rs 2,500 crore. That's why I am confident that going forward the bank will have better quality assets with lesser NPAs and profitability.
It is not only the NCLT accounts, but we are also following other accounts on an individual basis and on a collective basis through the consortium. The gross NPA of Rs 39,000 crore have been recovered. Any amount I recover it reduces the pressure on provisions and adds to the interest. The funds can also be effectively deployed for the betterment of the bank. On that count, I am very very confident that we will do much better going forward from here.
As far as stress is concerned, most of the banks are selective as far as the infrastructure segment is concerned. Unfortunately, due to IL&FS, the NBFC sector is under strain but it can be resolved easily with proper cash management as well as the security efficiency and the assignment of debt to some other banks and financial institutions. They can overcome the issue very easily. I am very confident that there is no stress as far as the banking sector is concerned and I am sure that NPA will be solved automatically and you will find the economy is growing up. Development of the economy helps in solving other problems. In fact, I am confident that not only Canara Bank but all the banks will see lower NPA figures and their performance will be better going forward.
We have an exposure of Rs 300 crore in NBFCs, but we have also funded their various infrastructure projects, of which some are functioning and stranded. But, wherever there is slippage due to recovery then we have treated them as NPA.
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