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Date: 2026-02-09 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Profit and Loss incurred by Public Sector Banks

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**Executive Summary** This document is a response from the Ministry of Finance to the Lok Sabha concerning the profit and loss incurred by public sector banks over the last five years and the current year. It outlines measures taken by the Government to improve the financial position of loss-making banks and addresses irregularities and frauds. The response includes data as of September 30, 2025, and references the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the source of certain information. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Profit and Loss Data**: * Profit and loss data for public and private sector banks for the last five years and the current year (year-wise and bank-wise) is included as an annexure. This data is based on input from the RBI. * **Government Measures to Improve Financial Position**: * Implemented a comprehensive strategy for recognizing Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) transparently, resolving and recovering value from stressed accounts. * Undertook major banking reforms focusing on credit discipline, responsible lending, improved governance, and technology adoption. * **Performance of Indian Banking Sector**: * The Indian banking system is experiencing an upwards trajectory across parameters. * Credit flow to productive sectors of the economy is growing at a good pace. * Asset quality of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) continues to improve with declining gross NPA and net NPA ratios. * The provisioning coverage ratio (PCR) of SCBs has steadily increased. * Low slippage ratio, coupled with capital raising and net capital accretion through profits, has strengthened banks' capital adequacy levels. * **Key Performance Indicators (as of 30.9.2025)**: * SCBs and PSBs recorded aggregate net profit of ₹4.01 lakh crore and ₹1.78 lakh crore, respectively, in FY 2024-25. * Net profit of SCBs during the first half of FY 2025-26 was ₹2.08 lakh crore. * GNPA ratio of SCBs declined to 2.05% in Sep-25. * PCR of SCBs increased to 93.23% in Sep-25. * CRAR of SCBs improved by 430 bps to reach 17.24% in Sep-25. * **Fraud**: * Frauds in the banking sector are majorly contributed by advances-related frauds. * Frauds in SCBs (involving ₹ 1 lakh and above) have declined to a decadal low of 0.002% in FY 2024-25. **Impact Analysis** **Stakeholder: Government** * **Impact**: The government is the entity responsible for implementing and overseeing reforms in the financial system, as well as answering parliamentary questions related to banking performance. * **Action Required**: To continue monitoring and refining the implemented strategies for improving the financial health and governance of public and private sector banks. **Stakeholder: Public and Private Sector Banks** * **Impact**: These banks are directly affected by the government's policies and reforms, influencing their financial performance, lending practices, and regulatory compliance. * **Action Required**: To adhere to the reforms implemented by the government, improve credit discipline, manage NPAs effectively, and adopt technology to enhance governance and operational efficiency. **Stakeholder: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)** * **Impact**: RBI is the main source of data on profits and losses for public and private banks, and supports financial data, guidance and regulatory oversight. * **Action Required**: To continue collecting and providing accurate and timely data on the banking sector's performance, and to support the government in implementing effective measures for improving the financial health of banks. **Stakeholder: Investors and Shareholders** * **Impact**: The performance of banks directly impacts investor confidence and shareholder value. * **Action Required**: To monitor the financial performance of banks and the effectiveness of government reforms in order to make informed investment decisions. **Stakeholder: Borrowers and the General Public** * **Impact**: The stability and efficiency of the banking sector affect the availability of credit and overall economic growth. * **Action Required**: To be aware of the measures taken to improve the financial system and their potential impact on access to credit and the overall economy.

Key Entities Referenced

Reserve Bank of India (RBI): Source of data for profit and loss figures and analysis of the banking sector mentioned in the response. Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs): Key entity whose profit, loss, and performance are analyzed and presented in the annexure. Ministry of Finance: The primary government body overseeing financial matters, including the Public Sector Banks. Non-Performing Assets (NPAs): Mentioned in context of the Government implementing a comprehensive strategy for recognition, resolution, and recovery of NPAs to ensure a clean banking system.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1470 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2026/MAGHA 20, 1947 (SAKA) Profit and Loss incurred by Public Sector Banks †1470 SMT. MANJU SHARMA: Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (a) the profit and loss earned/incurred by public and private sector banks during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and bank-wise; (b) whether any effective measures are being taken by the Government to improve the financial position of loss-making public and private sector banks and to investigate irregularities/frauds in various financial activities of the banks; and (c) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY) (a): As per input received from Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the profit and loss earned/incurred by public and private sector banks during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and bank- wise is at annexure. (b) and (c): Government has implemented a comprehensive strategy, consisting of recognition of Non- Performing Assets (NPAs) transparently, resolution and recovery of value from stressed accounts, and reforms in financial ecosystem for a responsible and clean banking system. Major banking reforms undertaken by the Government addressed credit discipline, responsible lending and improved governance, besides adoption of technology. The growth cycle of Indian banking system is on upwards trajectory across all parameters. Credit flow to productive sectors of economy is growing at a good pace. The asset quality of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) has continued to improve, with gross NPA ratio and net NPA ratio declining. The provisioning coverage ratio (PCR) of SCBs has steadily increased. The low slippage ratio, coupled with raising of capital from the market and net capital accretion through profits has helped banks to bolster their capital adequacy levels. As a result of implementation of reforms in the financial system by the Government, performance of Indian banking sector reflects the significant improvement effected in the sector. As per RBI provisional data, as on 30.9.2025—(i) During FY 2024-25, SCBs and PSBs have recorded highest ever aggregate net profit of ₹4.01 lakh crore and ₹1.78 lakh crore, respectively. Further, the net profit of SCBs during the first half of FY 2025-26 was ₹2.08 lakh crore. (ii) GNPA ratio of SCBs declined to 2.05% in Sep-25 from 4.28% in Mar-15, and from a peak of 11.18% in Mar-18. (iii) Resilience has increased with PCR of SCBs increasing from 49.31% in Mar-15 to a healthy 93.23% in Sep-25. (iv) Capital adequacy has improved significantly with CRAR of SCBs improving by 430 bps to reach 17.24% in Sep-25 from 12.94% in Mar-15. Further, as per the RBI’s Report on Trends and Progress of Banking in India 2024-25, for the entire banking sector the amount involved in frauds are majorly contributed by advances-related frauds. The frauds in SCBs, as a percentage of gross loans and advances wherein amount involved is ₹ 1 lakh and above, based on date of occurrence of frauds, have declined to a decadal low of 0.002% in FY 2024- 25. *****Annexure Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1470 dated 9.2.2026 regarding “Profit and Loss incurred by Public Sector Banks” Net Profit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) for past five years and April-September 2025. (in ₹ Crores) Sr. Net Profit (April to Date) Bank/Bank Group Name No. 31-Mar-21 31-Mar-22 31-Mar-23 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-25 30-Sep-25 PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS 1 STATE BANK OF INDIA 20,410 31,676 50,232 61,077 70,901 39,320 2 CANARA BANK 2,558 5,678 10,604 14,554 17,027 9,526 3 BANK OF BARODA 829 7,272 14,110 17,789 19,581 9,351 4 UNION BANK OF INDIA 2,906 5,232 8,433 13,648 17,987 8,365 5 PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK 2,022 3,457 2,507 8,245 16,630 6,579 6 INDIAN BANK 3,005 3,945 5,282 8,063 10,918 5,991 7 BANK OF INDIA 2,160 3,405 4,023 6,318 9,219 4,807 8 BANK OF MAHARASHTRA 550 1,152 2,602 4,055 5,520 3,226 9 CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA -888 1,045 1,582 2,549 3,785 2,382 10 INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK 834 1,713 2,099 2,656 3,335 2,337 11 UCO BANK 167 930 1,862 1,654 2,445 1,227 12 PUNJAB AND SIND BANK -2,733 1,039 1,313 595 1,016 564 SUB TOTAL 31,820 66,543 1,04,649 1,41,202 1,78,364 93,674 PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS 13 LAKSHMI VILAS BANK LTD -316 - - - - - 14 RBL BANK LIMITED 508 -75 883 1,168 695 379 15 THE DHANALAKSHMI BANK LTD 37 36 49 58 67 35 16 HDFC BANK LTD. 31,117 36,961 44,109 60,812 67,347 36,796 17 ICICI BANK LIMITED 16,193 23,339 31,897 40,888 47,227 25,127 18 AXIS BANK LIMITED 6,589 13,025 9,580 24,861 26,373 10,896 19 KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD. 6,965 8,573 10,939 13,782 16,450 6,535 20 IDBI BANK LIMITED 1,359 2,439 3,645 5,634 7,515 5,635 21 FEDERAL BANK LTD 1,565 1,890 3,011 3,721 4,052 1,817 22 YES BANK LTD. -3,462 1,066 717 1,251 2,406 1,456 23 KARUR VYSYA BANK LTD 359 673 1,106 1,605 1,942 1,095 24 JAMMU & KASHMIR BANK LTD 432 502 1,197 1,767 2,082 979 25 IDFC FIRST BANK LIMITED 452 145 2,437 2,957 1,525 815 26 SOUTH INDIAN BANK LTD 62 45 775 1,070 1,303 673 27 CITY UNION BANK LIMITED 593 760 937 1,016 1,124 635 28 TAMILNAD MERCANTILE BANK LTD 603 822 1,029 1,072 1,183 622 29 KARNATAKA BANK LTD 483 509 1,180 1,306 1,272 612 30 BANDHAN BANK LIMITED 2,268 126 2,195 2,230 2,745 484 31 DCB BANK LIMITED 336 288 466 536 615 341 32 CSB BANK LIMITED 218 458 547 567 594 279 33 INDUSIND BANK LTD 2,836 4,611 7,390 8,950 2,643 239 34 NAINITAL BANK LTD 1 29 46 47 51 301,24,13 1,75,29 1,89,21 SUB TOTAL 69,198 96,223 95,480 6 7 1 FOREIGN BANKS 35 AB BANK LIMITED 8 10 19 19 63 18 36 ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL BANK PJSC 3 - - - - - 37 CREDIT SUISSE AG 330 303 261 197 - - 38 DOHA BANK Q.P.S.C -8 1 35 29 13 3 39 KRUNG THAI BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 2 -1 - - - - 40 SBM BANK (INDIA) LTD. 19 16 21 -43 -87 3 41 CITIBANK N.A. 4,093 3,727 13,614 6,237 6,193 4,673 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING 42 3,632 3,191 3,453 5,436 6,177 3,215 CORPORATION LIMITED 43 DEUTSCHE BANK AG 1,527 1,474 1,467 1,977 3,070 2,417 44 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 2,045 1,480 1,932 2,564 3,715 1,860 45 BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1,227 830 1,160 1,881 2,570 1,198 46 MUFG BANK, LTD. 443 371 508 402 716 722 47 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 3,059 4,469 4,621 3,730 1,873 687 48 DBS BANK INDIA LIMITED 628 167 228 377 684 549 49 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 258 696 669 785 1,035 537 50 BNP PARIBAS 559 512 473 593 635 478 51 SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION 352 366 480 511 656 426 52 MIZUHO BANK LTD 248 194 283 439 730 350 53 SBERBANK 95 76 367 745 369 252 CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT 54 221 76 81 131 216 167 BANK AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP 55 126 52 129 149 279 129 LIMITED 56 UBS AG - - - - 173 95 57 SHINHAN BANK 138 90 68 55 100 82 58 FIRST ABU DHABI BANK PJSC 167 102 -30 113 52 54 59 JSC VTB BANK 39 47 6 42 95 52 60 AMERICAN EXPRESS BANKING CORP. -297 -5 71 66 13 44 61 EMIRATES NBD BANK (P.J.S.C.) 33 24 42 74 84 37 62 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA 56 54 15 49 62 35 63 SOCIETE GENERALE 98 67 50 69 102 34 64 CTBC BANK CO., LTD. 11 11 10 33 33 27 65 MASHREQ BANK PSC 14 17 34 45 42 26 66 KEB HANA BANK 32 24 23 50 91 26 67 BANK OF CEYLON 10 6 12 9 10 19 68 INDUSTRIAL BANK OF KOREA 15 12 17 18 20 18 69 BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 18 99 -22 66 43 17 70 QATAR NATIONAL BANK (Q.P.S.C) -7 -24 0 -8 13 17 71 COOPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A. 2 -90 41 63 18 16 72 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD 18 9 24 19 24 11 73 BANK OF CHINA LIMITED -23 -22 8 2 3 8 74 PT BANK MAYBANK INDONESIA TBK -3 -3 2 8 15 7 75 BANK OF BAHRAIN & KUWAIT B.S.C. 14 8 17 6 0 5 76 KOOKMIN BANK 3 8 1 4 -1 277 NONGHYUP BANK - - - -0.29 -1 1 78 WOORI BANK 47 33 27 18 -3 0 79 FIRSTRAND BANK LTD 2 -5 17 8 6 -0.13 80 SONALI BANK PLC 4 8 9 -13 -2 -4 81 NATWEST MARKETS PLC 27 -79 -82 - 23 -33 SUB TOTAL 19,283 18,399 30,160 26,957 29,925 18,282 SMALL FINANCE BANKS 82 FINCARE SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 113 9 104 395 - - 83 SLICE SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 7 -123 -213 -152 -217 6.56 84 AU SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 1,171 1,130 1,428 1,535 2,106 1,142 85 UJJIVAN SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 8 -415 1,100 1,281 726 225 86 JANA SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 84 5 256 670 501 177 87 CAPITAL SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 41 63 94 112 132 67 88 SURYODAY SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 12 -93 78 216 115 66 89 UNITY SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED - - 35 439 482 41 90 SHIVALIK SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED - 1 2 2 1 3 91 ESAF SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 105 55 302 426 -521 -197 92 EQUITAS SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 384 281 574 799 147 -200 93 UTKARSH SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED 112 61 405 498 24 -588 SUB TOTAL 2038 974 4162 6220 3496 743 SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS 1,22,338 1,82,139 2,63,107 3,49,676 4,00,995 2,08,179 Source: Reserve Bank of India

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