Wishesh Magazine December-2019 Wishesh Magazine December-2019 | Page 53

According to the RBI, the bank experienced losses due to fraud, excessive lending practices, fall in economic growth and corruption. Since the cost of production in oil firms has increased, there is an increase in petrol prices of about 75 per liter from Monday. This has happened for the first time this year. As per the state money lenders, the aggregate profits in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 were Rs.1,55,603 crores and 1,53,871 crores. Over time in 2019, they made a provision for non- performing assets of Rs.2,40,970 crores and Rs. 2,35,623 crores. Thus, the loss stood at around 80,000 crores in 2017-2018 and 2018- 2019. According to the daily price notification of the state-owned oil firms, the petrol price increased to 5 paise per liter and the diesel price increased to 10 paise per liter. Further, the diesel price is 66 per liter and the petrol price is 75 per liter. The Minister stated, according to the asset quality review of the RBI in 2015, there was a high incidence of all the non-performing assets. To stop these problems, the RBI has come up with certain guidelines to detect fraud and put an end to misappropriate funds from passing on in Urban Co-operative banks. Any official involved in these practices would be dismissed from their service or charged a penalty. Diesel And Petrol Prices Shoot Up Highlights Last month, the petrol prices increased up to 2.30 per liter and the diesel prices were between 65-66 per liter, which is moderate. In Mid September, there was an issue in Saudi Arabia which led to an increase in the petrol prices in New Delhi by 2 Rs and gradually the price came down. Due to the rupee-dollar exchange rate, the prices increased last month. Based on two factors, international fuel prices and the dollar exchange rate, there is an increase in the petrol and diesel prices. DECEMBER 2019 | WWW.WISHESH.NET