@article {article381, title = {The shocking story of NPAs in India}, author = {Jagdish Rattanani}, journal = {Foundation of The Billion Press}, date = 2023-07-26, year = 2023, url = https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/economy/shocking-story-npas-india-381, Abstract = {It is not uncommon to hear in banking circles that non-performing assets, or NPAs, are a part of the business of banking. Some loans will go bad, and that is just inherent in the very nature of the business of giving out loans. This is a fair view, except that theory does not always translate to practice in the manner intended, at least not in the Indian banking sector.} }