A healthy banking system is essential for any economy striving to achieve growth and remain stable in competitive global business environment. Indian banks are favorable for growth, asset quality and profitability; RBI and Government have made some notable changes in policies and regulation to help strengthen the sector. These changes include strengthening prudential norms, enhancing the payment system and integrating regulations of commercial banks. In terms of quality of assets and capital adequacy, these banks have clean, strong and transparent balance sheets relative to other banks in comparable economies in its region. PSB need to strengthen institutional skill levels especially in sale and marketing, service operations, risk management and the overall organizational performance ethic & strengthen human capital.
The best indicator for the health of the banking industry in a country is its level of Non-performing assets (NPAs). NPAs are one of the major concerns for banks in India. It reflects the performance of banks. Reduced NPAs generally gives the impression that banks have strengthened their credit appraisal processes over the years and growth in NPAs involves the necessity of provisions, which bring down the overall profitability of banks. The Indian banking sector is facing a serious problem of NPA. The magnitude of NPA is comparatively higher in public sectors banks. To improve the efficiency and profitability of banks the NPA need to be reduced and controlled. This paper deals with understanding the concept of NPAs, its magnitude and major causes for an account becoming non-performing and strategies for managing NPA in Indian banks.
Keywords: Banking System in India, Commercial Banks, PSB, SCB, NPS.
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