Kumar says India’s state-bank reform will bear fruit this year

The chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) expects around $12 billion of non-performing assets to come off the bank’s books as a consequence of state-owned bank reform and believes that across the whole industry there will be a transformative effect.

Rajnish Kumar, speaking with Euromoney at the Asian Development Bank annual meeting in Manila, believes that despite concerns that bankruptcy and resolution rules are stifling rather than streamlining the process of asset resolution, progress is being made.