An Analytical Study of Covid-19 Impact on Indian Banking IndustryAuthor: Mittal, A.K.
Abstract:
The destruction created by the global COVID-19pandemic; has fallen the
worlds economic indicators. Whether it is a developing nation,
underdeveloped nation, or the worlds most powerful economy, for that
matter, no country escaped safely from its impact. All industries have
been hit adversely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has created a bad
situation in the market. The banking industry has also not been spared
from being affected by this. The outbreak of COVID-19 has challenged the
Indian banking industry adversely. Indian Banks informed rise in NPAs,
demand of Loan and in turn, impacted profitability. Because of the
nation-wise lockdown, industries and markets were shutdown. There
were no sources of Income and increasing expenses. Therefore, the Public
was demanding loans, and alternatively, they were not capable of
repaying the loan. So, a liquidity crisis arose. To overcome this COVID19 pandemic situation, Indias apex body bank Reserve Bank of India,
and Central Government have taken several steps to provide relief. This
research paper intends to analyze the relationship between NPAs,
Advances, and Profitability due to COVID-19 and the effect of steps
taken by RBI and the government on the Indian Banking Industry. For
this purpose, we have an analytical study of Public and Private banks.
Out of these two public banks, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank,
and two private banks, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank for consecutive six
previous years. The data were analyzed using statistical tools to examine
the impact of NPAs and net advances during COVID-19. It also analyzes
the impact of the banks profitability.
Keywords: Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), Economy, Reserve Bank of
India (RBI), Covid-19.
DOI:
International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 10 Issue:2)
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