RBI finds SBI under-reported bad loans by Rs 11,932 crore in FY19

The country's largest lender State Bank of India ( SBI ) on Tuesday reported about Rs 12,0000000000 divergence in their bad loans for the last fiscal.As per the assessment done by the RBI , the gross NPA of SBI was Rs 11,9320000000 more at Rs 1,84,6820000000 as against Rs 1,72,7500000000 reported by the bank for 2018-19, SBI said in a regulatory filing.Similarly, the net NPA was Rs 77,8270000000 as compared to disclosed figure of Rs 65,8950000000, reflecting divergence of Rs 11,9320000000, it said.As a result the bank has to make additional provisioning of Rs 12,0360000000 in the balance sheet and the notional loss would have been at Rs 6,9680000000.SBI had posted a profit of Rs 8620000000 for 2018-19.It further said after subsequent slippage or upgradation during the current financial year, the remaining impact on the gross NPAs during the third quarter of current fiscal is Rs 3,1430000000.The impact on provisioning during the third quarter stood at Rs 4,6540000000, it added.In recent months, there have been several instances of under-reporting of bad loans by lenders, prompting regulatory action by the Reserve Bank of India.Last month, SBI in a circular noted that disclosures in respect of divergence and provisioning are in the nature of material events and hence necessitate immediate disclosure. Further, this information is also price sensitive, requiring prompt disclosure by a listed entity.Accordingly, the regulator has decided that "listed banks shall make disclosures of divergences and provisioning beyond specified threshold, as mentioned in aforesaid RBI notifications, as soon as reasonably possible and not later than 24 hours upon receipt of the Reserve Bank's Final Risk Assessment Report (RAR), rather than waiting to publish them as part of annual financial statements".The SBI has reported the loan divergence to the exchanges, as per the direction of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India ( Sebi ).