ABSTRACT

Corporate Accounting

A Non-performing asset (NPA) is defined as a credit facility in respect of which the interest
and/or installment of Bond finance principal has remained past due for a specified period of
time. NPA is used by financial institutions that refer to loans that are in jeopardy of default. Once
the borrower has failed to make interest or principle payments for 90 days the loan is considered
to be a non-performing asset.

The project will be explaining the meaning of Non performing asset (NPA), the guidelines issued
by the RBI regarding it and then a comparative study of centralized and private banks regarding
their NPAs, the difference between the two, the interest rates and the various reasons for the
differences.

Utkarsh Dubey

BC0160051