Jammu & Kashmir Bank

Jammu and Kashmir's economic landscape: Of progress and challenges

But the region spends a considerably higher amount on generating assets relative to its economic size compared to the average seen in other states

Allocated Rs 633 cr for ECL provisions: Jammu & Kashmir Bank MD & CEO

This journey over the past two and a half years has been remarkably engaging and incredibly interesting for me, Baldev Prakash, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, MD & CEO

NCLT allows insolvency against Himalayan Mineral Water on J-K Bank's plea

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has directed initiating insolvency proceedings against Himalayan Mineral Waters, allowing Jammu & Kashmir Bank's plea for default of a corporate guarantee given for LeeL Electricals. The Allahabad bench of NCLT has also appointed Bhoopesh Gupta as the interim resolution professional (IRP) for this Dehradun-based firm's Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). "We are satisfied that the Applicant/Financial Creditor (J&K Bank) has proved the debt and the default, which is more than the threshold limit... the application u/s 7 is found to be fit for initiation of the CIRP against the Corporate Debtor (Himalayan Mineral Waters," said a two-member bench in the order passed last Monday. Jammu & Kashmir Bank had claimed a default of Rs 50 crore against Himalayan Mineral Waters, engaged in the business of manufacturing of beverages, being the corporate guarantor for the credit facilities availed by the Leel Electricals. LeeL ...

JK Bank Q4 Results: Bank reports highest-ever annual profit of Rs 1,767 cr

Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Saturday reported its highest-ever annual profit at Rs 1,767 crore for 2023-24. Its Managing Director and CEO Baldev Prakash said the net profit surged 48 per cent compared to the previous fiscal. "Beating its own highest-ever record of profits achieved only last year, the net profit surged in fiscal 2023-24 by 48 per cent to achieve its record profit figure of Rs 1,767 crore," Prakash told PTI after the bank's annual results for FY 2023-24 were released bank here. He said the bank will be sharing the historic profits with its shareholders by making the highest dividend payment of around Rs 236.75 crore this year. The bank witnessed a 10 per cent increase in its total income to Rs 6,029.17 crore from Rs 5,502.09 crore. It had posted a profit of Rs 1,197 crore last fiscal, which was the highest profit till last year. Prakash said the bank's asset quality has improved by bringing the gross non-performing assets to a decadal low of 4.08 per cent, while the

J&K Bank Q3 net profit jumps 35% to Rs 421 crore as bad loans decline

J&K Bank on Saturday reported a 35 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 421 crore in the third quarter ended on December 2023 on the back of a decline in bad loans and improvement in core income. The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 311 crore in the October-December quarter of 2022. The total income of the bank increased to Rs 3,063 crore in the quarter as compared to Rs 2,682 crore in the December quarter of the previous fiscal, J&K Bank said in a regulatory filing. The bank's interest income rose during the third quarter of the current fiscal to Rs 2,881 crore, as against Rs 2,441 crore in the same period last fiscal. The gross non-performing asset (NPA) ratio improved to 4.84 per cent as of December 31, 2023, as against 7.25 per cent as of December 31, 2022. Similarly, the net NPA also declined to 0.63 per cent as compared to 2.08 per cent at the end of December 2022. Provision coverage ratio as of December 31, 2023, is 91.61 per cent without taking into account the floating

J&K Bank Q2FY24 result: Net profit jumps 56% to Rs 381 cr; GNPA down 25%

The net NPA for Q2FY24 came in at Rs 917.36 crore, as compared to Rs 1,566.77 crore year-on-year

PNB, RBL, Jammu & Kashmir Bank reports robust growth in advances for Q2

PNB saw a rise in advances to Rs 1,308,719 crore, marking a 9.70 per cent increase from Rs 1,193,501 crore in the second quarter of FY24 compared to the same period in FY23

J&K Bank Q1 results: Net profit jumps 96%, gross NPA ratio down to 5.77%

Gross NPAs for Q1FY24 stood at Rs 5103.68 crore, as compared to Rs 6982.02 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year

CRPF conducts sanitisation operation around Jammu camp of Amarnath Yatra

The CRPF is carrying out an anti-sabotage and sanitisation operation in and around the Bhagwati Nagar Amarnath Yatra base camp here to ensure the safety and security of the pilgrims camping there due to inclement weather, officials said. Assisted by sniffer dogs, metal detectors and surveillance equipment, the CPRF units conducted an extensive sanitisation exercise in the parking area and the roads leading to the base camp, the officials said. The yatra from the camp has been suspended for the second day on Sunday due to heavy rains and about 5,000-6,000 pilgrims are waiting there, they said. According to the officials, fresh batches of pilgrims were not allowed to leave Jammu due to the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. More than 80,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas since the beginning of the yatra on July 1. The 62-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high shrine commenced on July 1 and is scheduled to conclude o

J&K Bank launches mobile branches to offer services in Ladakh's remote area

Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Monday launched two mobile branches in Ladakh to offer banking services in remote areas of the Union Territory. "J&K bank today dedicated two mobile branches -- 'J&K Bank on Wheels' -- for public in Ladakh that will extend banking services to the people of various remote and unbanked areas of the UT," a spokesman of the bank said. He said Ladakh Lieutenant Governor B D Mishra inaugurated the two mobile branches at the iconic Leh Gate in the presence of J&K Bank MD and CEO Baldev Prakash. Mishra said: "I am immensely pleased today to have launched J&K Bank's mobile banking branches -- a new and unique service -- for the people living in remote and unbanked areas. There cannot be a better service than this to ensure that those who cannot travel to branches, because of distance and difficulties, enjoy all the types of banking facilities right at their doorsteps conveniently through these mobile branches." Prakash said in view of the limited ...

Villagers near LoC in J-K ecstatic as Indo-Pak ceasefire enters third year

Mohammad Yousuf Kohli is constructing a new house for his family of six in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, a dream which he says is fulfilled only because of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan that entered its third year last month. The border villagers are enjoying peace along the borders by going for normal activities like tending their land and grazing their cattle without the fear of cross-border shelling. The villagers said they are praying for continuation of the agreement so that the schooling of their children is not affected and benefits of developmental activities reach the last village on the border. On February 25, 2021, India and Pakistan announced implementation of renewed ceasefire along the borders in Jammu and Kashmir, which came as a major relief to the people living along the LoC and the International Border. India and Pakistan had initially signed a ceasefire agreement in 2003, but Pakistan frequentl

J&K Bank to complete transfer of Rs 960 cr NPAs to NARCL by October-end

Jammu and Kashmir Bank will put up for sale non-performing assets to the tune of Rs 960 crore, as part of its efforts to improve its balance sheet, sources in the bank said. The bank is hoping that the process of sale of these non-performing assets to the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) will be completed by the end of this month, the sources said. Of the six accounts, the JK Bank has an exposure of Rs 230 crore in the now-bankrupt Reliance Naval and Engineering Limited, Rs 188 crore in Jaypee Infratech, Rs 176 crore in Jaiprakash Associates Limited and Rs 126 crore in Coastal Energen Private Limited. Jammu and Kashmir Bank's Rs 960 crore NPAs are part of the Rs 9,234 crore bad assets of the Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) lenders that the NARCL has offered to buy at Rs 3,570 crore in the first phase. The proceeds from the sale of the NPAs, which the NARCL is doing on 15-85 basis over a period of five years, will aid Jammu and Kashmir bank's plans to raise capi

J&K Bank Q2 profit doubles to Rs 243 crore amid fall in bad loans

Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Friday reported over two-fold jump in net profit at Rs 243.49 crore for September quarter 2022-23 on a healthy growth in interest income and fall in bad loans. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 111.09 crore for the year-ago period. Total income during the quarter rose to Rs 2,444.59 crore from Rs 2,184.20 crore a year ago, J&K Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income grew 15.5 per cent to Rs 2,298.85 crore during the quarter. Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) were reduced to 7.67 per cent of gross advances as of September 30, 2022 from 8.95 per cent by the end of September 2021. Net NPAs were also brought down to 2.10 per cent from 3.02 per cent. In value terms, gross NPAs stood at Rs 6,064.68 crore in the quarter as against Rs 6,524.87 crore. Net NPAs were Rs 1,566.77 crore, down from Rs 2,063.65 crore in the year-ago period. The fall in bad loans ratio helped cut the provisions towards NPAs and contingencies for Q2FY23 substantially to .

Major terror attack averted as 20 kg IED defused in Jammu-Kashmir

The security forces in a swift operation averted a major terror plot by timely neutralising an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)

J-K Bank shareholders reject ESOP plan, Wani's reappointment as director

Jammu & Kashmir Bank's proposal to raise capital by issuing shares to staff members under the employee stock option plan was rejected by the shareholders in the annual general meeting held in late August. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the bank released the minutes of the 84th annual general meeting (AGM) held on August 24, 2022. The bank had proposed to issue 2 crore shares of face value of Re 1 each under J&K Bank under the J&K Bank Employee Stock Option Scheme2022 (JKB ESOS 2022) and had sought shareholders' approval at the AGM last month. The proposal sent as special resolution garnered only 0.92 per cent votes from shareholders who participated in the voting, showed the minutes of the meeting. Of the total 6,65,883,603 cast, only 6,062,264 were in favour of the proposal. Shareholders also rejected the proposal to re-appoint Dr Mohmad Ishaq Wani, to retire by rotation, as the director of the bank. Only 1.71 per cent (11,404,451 votes) of the shareholders were in ..

J&K Bank to increase exposure to corporate borrowers, PSUs: MD Prakash

In a Q&A, Baldev Prakash said the lender will also target Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Pune and Mohali through tie-ups, and hold campaigns for retail asset/liability products in order to improve its CASA

J&K Bank gets board approval to raise up to Rs 2,000 crore in FY23

State-owned Jammu and Kashmir Bank (J&K Bank) on Tuesday said it will raise up to Rs 2,000 crore, through a mix of debt and equity, in the current fiscal year 2022-23. The board of directors of the bank, in its meeting held on June 28, approved the capital raise plan, J&K Bank said in a regulatory filing. The board approved to raise equity capital up to Rs 500 crore in one or more tranches by way of rights issue/ preferential allotment, private placement/ qualified institutional placement or a follow on public offer or any other approved route, it said. It has also approved to raise up to Rs 1,500 crore capital by way of issuance of Basel III compliant tier II bonds in the nature of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis, it added. Stock of J&K Bank closed at Rs 26 apiece on BSE, up by 1.56 per cent from previous close.

ED questions NC leader Omar Abdullah in 12-year-old J&K Bank case

The ED questioned NC leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday in connection with the purchase of a building by J&K Bank some 12 years ago when he was Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, a move the party termed a "political exercise" ahead of the Assembly elections in the union territory. After spending more than five hours at the ED office here in response to summons sent last week, Abdullah told reporters that he had not been accused of anything and that he had "answered them as much as I could". He would further help them "if they need me", he added. According to officials, the case pertains to the purchase of a building by the J&K Bank, in which the government has 68 per cent equity, at Bandra Kurla in 2010. A property measuring around 65,000 square feet was acquired at a cost of Rs 172 crores. Sources said the board of directors of the bank had set up a two-member committee headed by its chairman Haseeb Drabu which recommended the purchase of the property, in which another leading ..

J&K Bank loan case: Chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Shaikh, 18 others booked

The CBI has booked former J&K Bank chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Shaikh and 18 others for a Rs 800 crore loss to the bank caused due loans to REI Agro, which were issued in violation of guidelines, without tangible security and on fake documents, officials said. In addition to officials of the bank, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has also booked REI Agro chairman Sanjay Jhunjhunwala, and vice president and managing director Sandeep Jhunjhunwala, they said on Friday. The case was earlier probed by the anti-corruption branch of Jammu and Kashmir and it had found during its preliminary inquiry that loans worth Rs 800 crore were sanctioned to the group on the basis of fake documents between 2011 and 2013 and in violation of guidelines, the officials said. This caused a loss of Rs 800 to the bank, they said. The Mumbai-based Mahim branch of the bank had sanctioned Rs 550 crore of loans while the Vasant Vihar branch in Delhi had sanctioned Rs 139 crore in their favour against the ...

J&K Bank net profit jumps over two-fold to Rs 175 cr in Dec quarter

State-owned Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Tuesday reported a more than two-fold rise in its net profit at Rs 174.81 crore for the quarter ended December 2021 on the back of a significant drop in its provisioning requirement. The bank had posted net profit of Rs 66.37 crore in the same quarter a year ago, and Rs 111.60 crore in the preceding quarter ended September 2021. Total income during Q3 FY22, however, was down at Rs 2,178.57 crore as against Rs 2,349.81 crore in Q3FY21, J&K Bank said in a regulatory filing. It also fell sequentially from Rs 2,203.36 crore in the September quarter of this fiscal. Interest income during the quarter fell to Rs 2,019.77 crore as against Rs 2,076.37 crore. The lender's provisioning for bad loans and contingencies for the quarter came down significantly to Rs 8.22 crore, as against Rs 457.61 crore it had put aside in the year-ago period. As of December 31, 2021, the government of Jammu & Kashmir held 70.12 per cent stake in the bank. Provision ..