Title: Management of non-performing assets in India: role of risk management practices in the wake of Covid-19

Authors: Dolly Gaur

Addresses: Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Symbiosis International University, Noida, UP, 201301, India

Abstract: The purpose of the present study is to analyse the impact of banks' internal practices for risk management, Basel III regulations, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, and the Covid-19 pandemic on the outcome received in reference to NPA management. The study has worked on primary data collected from the final sample of 111 managerial employees working in domestic commercial banks of India, using a structured questionnaire. For analysing the collected data, statistical tools of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM) comprising of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and path analysis, have been used. The results indicate that the banks' internal practices for risk management, regulatory standards and IBC, 2016 are beneficial for the asset quality of banks. On the contrary, emergence and rapid spread of Covid-19 has made the situation of NPA worse and has halted the progress made in NPA management.

Keywords: NPA; non-performing assets; risk management practices; Basel III; insolvency and bankruptcy code; 2016; Covid-19.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTGM.2024.136899

International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 2024 Vol.19 No.1, pp.28 - 55

Received: 04 Jun 2021
Accepted: 16 May 2022
Published online: 27 Feb 2024 *

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