IDBI Bank back in black in FY21 after five years

Lender posts a profit of ₹1,359 crore

May 03, 2021 10:51 pm | Updated 10:51 pm IST - NEW DELHI

HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, 28/03/2018: A view of IDBI bank in Secunderabad on March 28, 2018. IDBI Bank Ltd said that fraudulent loans of Rs772 crore ($118.8 million) were issued from five of its branches in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Photo: G. Ramakrishna

HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, 28/03/2018: A view of IDBI bank in Secunderabad on March 28, 2018. IDBI Bank Ltd said that fraudulent loans of Rs772 crore ($118.8 million) were issued from five of its branches in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Photo: G. Ramakrishna

LIC-controlled IDBI Bank turned profitable in the fiscal ended March after five years, posting a net profit of ₹1,359 crore for the year.

In 2019-20, the lender had posted a net loss of ₹12,887 crore. IDBI Bank is back in black after five years, said the lender.

In the last quarter of the fiscal year 2020-21, the bank reported an almost fourfold jump in its net profit to ₹512 crore, IDBI Bank said in a press release

The bank, which came out of the RBI’s prompt corrective action (PCA) framework earlier in March, said its turnaround strategies led to the transformation.

Total income during Q4FY21 rose to ₹6,969.6 crore from ₹6,924.9 crore in the same period of 2019-20.

The full year income, however, was down to ₹24,557 crore against ₹25,295 crore.

Gross NPA (non-performing asset) ratio improved to 22.4% as on March 31 against 27.5%. Net NPA ratio improved to 1.9% from 4.2%

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