Bankers are looking to speed up the resolution of 28 accounts including Videocon Industries, Jaiprakash Associates and Uttam Galva Steel as a December 13 deadline looms. These companies are part of the Reserve Bank of India’s second list of defaulters to be referred to bankruptcy proceedings for recovery of more than Rs 2 lakh crore.
The accounts need to be restructured by December 13 or they’ll end up in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for the next step in the insolvency process. At that point, banks will have to provide for losses of up to 50% of the loan value, hitting their earnings.
Bankers said this worry may see the accounts of Jaiprakash Associates, Uttam Galva Steel, BILT and Jai Balaji getting recast by t…
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