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Indian bank to ‘name and shame’ defaulters

Published February 4, 2012 Updated February 4, 2012 07:56am

"The fresh approach will ruffle a few feathers," the paper quoted a bank executive as saying. A "wilful defaulter" is one who does not meet payment obligations even when he or she has the funds.

Bad loans in India could jump to as much as 5.8 percent of the total within two years in a "severe risk" scenario, up from 2.8 percent in September, according to a central bank report.

Copyright Reuters, 2012