Dhanlaxmi Bank today reported a profit of Rs 5.73 crore for the first quarter ending June 2016 against a loss of Rs 22.71 crore in the same quarter of previous fiscal.
Income of the bank fell to Rs 300.78 crore during April-June, from Rs 334.17 crore in the year-ago period. The bank improved upon on its bad loan portfolio, as gross non performing assets (NPAs) came down to 7.02 percent of gross advances as on June 2016 against 8.45 percent year ago.
In value terms, gross NPAs were Rs 475.49 crore, down from Rs 627.28 crore year ago. Net NPAs too were down at 3.04 percent (Rs 197.66 crore) as on June 2016 from 4.22 percent (Rs 299.52 crore) year ago.
The bank said it had assigned certain non performing financial assets to asset reconstruction companies during the previous fiscal. "In terms of RBI circular on prudential norms on income recognition, asset classification and provisioning pertaining to advances, the shortfall arrived at by deducting sales consideration from the net book value of the financial assets is amortized over a period of two years.
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