PANAJI
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Wednesday reported a 95 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 882 crore for the June quarter, helped by a decline in bad loans and improvement in interest income. The Pune-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 452 crore in the year-ago period.While total business grew 24.84 per cent to Rs 4,20,041 crore, gross advances grew 24.98 per cent to Rs 1,75,676 crore and total deposits rose 24.73 per cent to Rs 2,44,365 crore at the end of June 2023.
Total income in the first quarter of the current fiscal rose to Rs 5,417 crore from Rs 3,774 crore in the same period a year ago. Interest earned by the bank grew to Rs 4,789 crore over Rs 3,457 crore in June 2022. Net interest income of the bank increased by 38.80 per cent to Rs 2,340 crore. The bank's asset quality showed improvement as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 2.28 per cent of gross advances at the end of the June 2023 quarter from 3.74 per cent a year ago. Net NPAs improved to 0.24 per cent as of June 2023 against 0.88 per cent a year ago.
A S Rajeev, MD & CEO, Bank of Maharashtra said the bank expects credit growth of 20-22 per cent while deposits to rise by 14-15 per cent in the current financial year.
To meet the credit growth, he said, "the bank plans to raise Rs 2,000 crore from Tier I and Tier II bonds. As far as recovery is concerned, the bank expects Rs 3,000 crore during the current year.”
Provision Coverage Ratio improved to 98.37 per cent as of June 30, 2023 while Net Interest Margin (NIM) improved to 3.86 per cent as of June 30, 2023.
