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Indian Bank, Union Bank Classify State Trading Corporation Account As NPA

Account has been declared NPA because of non-payment of interest on loans.



Pedestrians walk past a union bank of india Ltd. bank branch in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Pedestrians walk past a union bank of india Ltd. bank branch in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

Indian Bank and Union Bank of India have rendered the accounts of State Trading Corporation (STC) as non-performing asset because of non-payment of interest on loans.

“Due to non-payment of interest of Rs 19.29 crore on bank borrowings, Indian Bank and Union Bank of India have reported STC accounts as NPA on March 1, 2018,” STC said in a filing to the BSE.

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As a result, these banks may not sanction further loan to STC, it added.

“STC is in the process of restructuring of existing debts and necessary action has already been initiated in this regard,” it said.

Shares of the company had closed at Rs 140.40 apiece on Friday, down 1.61 per cent from its previous close on the BSE.