Wilful Defaulters List

The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of state-owned banks had dropped by over Rs 3 lakh crore after peaking at Rs 8.9 lakh crore.

TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday shared a list of wilful bank loan defaulters on Twitter and said the money "looted" by them would have been enough to transfer lakhs of rupees into the accounts of jobless migrant workers.

Congress hit back at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, hours after a 13-tweet rebuttal to party leader Rahul Gandhi and his attempt to "mislead people" with allegations about the RBI's list of 50 wilful defaulters

A day after Rahul Gandhi attacked the ruling BJP after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating banks, saying the government had hidden the list from parliament because it included "friends" of the ruling party, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar dismissed his claims. Mr Javadekar said the top Congre...

In a series of tweets late on Tuesday night, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rebutted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his allegations on "wilful defaulters, bad loans and write-offs", calling them an attempt to "mislead people in a brazen manner" and sensationalise facts.

Business tycoons Mehul Choksi, the Jhunjhunwala brothers, and Vijay Mallya are among the prominent individuals linked to companies named by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a list of the top 50 wilful defaulters accused of scamming the country's banks.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday cornered the government after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of top 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating Indian banks, saying that the BJP had "hidden" the list from parliament because it included friends of the ruling party.

The Supreme Court last week gave the Reserve Bank of India "a last opportunity" to disclose details such as its list of wilful defaulters under Right to Information Act (RTI Act). The top court also directed the Reserve Bank of India to review its policy on disclosure of information relating to banks under RTI, saying "it is duty-bound under the la...

The Congress on Sunday demanded that the BJP-led government direct the RBI to disclose the list of wilful loan defaulters, alleging it was not doing so to protect its "crony capitalist friends".

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose information about its annual inspection report of banks and the list of wilful defaulters under the Right to Information Act (RTI). The bench was hearing contempt petitions filed by RTI activists Subhash Chandra Agrawal and Girish Mittal against the RBI. Ordering the c...

Severely admonishing the RBI and the PMO, the Central Information Commission has again directed them to disclose the list of wilful defaulters and Raghuram Rajan's letter on bad loans.

In the wake of the Central Information Commission's notice to the Reserve Bank of India and the Prime Minister's office over their reluctance to make the names of wilful defaulters public, NDTV found at least four of the top ten public sector banks have already made this information available on their websites.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel has been served a show-cause notice by the Central Information Commission, the Right to Information watchdog, for "dishonouring" a Supreme Court judgment on the disclosure of the names of individuals designated as "wilful defaulters". The move comes in the middle of an ongoing tussle between the central ba...

Sebi said it will put in place a revised settlement mechanism that bars wilful defaulters and fugitive economic offenders from settling proceedings. Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi said the key decisions include revised Know Your Client (KYC) norms for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs).

There are 8,167 wilful defaulters who owe banks an amount of Rs 76,685 crore and 1,724 FIRs have already been filed in 2015-16, the government said on Tuesday.

The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of state-owned banks had dropped by over Rs 3 lakh crore after peaking at Rs 8.9 lakh crore.

TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday shared a list of wilful bank loan defaulters on Twitter and said the money "looted" by them would have been enough to transfer lakhs of rupees into the accounts of jobless migrant workers.

Congress hit back at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, hours after a 13-tweet rebuttal to party leader Rahul Gandhi and his attempt to "mislead people" with allegations about the RBI's list of 50 wilful defaulters

A day after Rahul Gandhi attacked the ruling BJP after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating banks, saying the government had hidden the list from parliament because it included "friends" of the ruling party, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar dismissed his claims. Mr Javadekar said the top Congre...

In a series of tweets late on Tuesday night, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rebutted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his allegations on "wilful defaulters, bad loans and write-offs", calling them an attempt to "mislead people in a brazen manner" and sensationalise facts.

Business tycoons Mehul Choksi, the Jhunjhunwala brothers, and Vijay Mallya are among the prominent individuals linked to companies named by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a list of the top 50 wilful defaulters accused of scamming the country's banks.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday cornered the government after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of top 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating Indian banks, saying that the BJP had "hidden" the list from parliament because it included friends of the ruling party.

The Supreme Court last week gave the Reserve Bank of India "a last opportunity" to disclose details such as its list of wilful defaulters under Right to Information Act (RTI Act). The top court also directed the Reserve Bank of India to review its policy on disclosure of information relating to banks under RTI, saying "it is duty-bound under the la...

The Congress on Sunday demanded that the BJP-led government direct the RBI to disclose the list of wilful loan defaulters, alleging it was not doing so to protect its "crony capitalist friends".

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose information about its annual inspection report of banks and the list of wilful defaulters under the Right to Information Act (RTI). The bench was hearing contempt petitions filed by RTI activists Subhash Chandra Agrawal and Girish Mittal against the RBI. Ordering the c...

Severely admonishing the RBI and the PMO, the Central Information Commission has again directed them to disclose the list of wilful defaulters and Raghuram Rajan's letter on bad loans.

In the wake of the Central Information Commission's notice to the Reserve Bank of India and the Prime Minister's office over their reluctance to make the names of wilful defaulters public, NDTV found at least four of the top ten public sector banks have already made this information available on their websites.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel has been served a show-cause notice by the Central Information Commission, the Right to Information watchdog, for "dishonouring" a Supreme Court judgment on the disclosure of the names of individuals designated as "wilful defaulters". The move comes in the middle of an ongoing tussle between the central ba...

Sebi said it will put in place a revised settlement mechanism that bars wilful defaulters and fugitive economic offenders from settling proceedings. Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi said the key decisions include revised Know Your Client (KYC) norms for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs).

There are 8,167 wilful defaulters who owe banks an amount of Rs 76,685 crore and 1,724 FIRs have already been filed in 2015-16, the government said on Tuesday.