RBI ropes in AK Dixit as new Administrator of PMC Bank
By MYBRANDBOOK
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has chaired former Union Bank of India General Manager AK Dixit as the new Administrator of crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank with effect from September 23. The present administrator Jai Bhagwan Bhoria stepped down on September 22 due to health reasons.
"It has been decided to appoint AK Dixit, ex-General Manager, Union Bank of India as the new Administrator of the bank with effect from September 23, 2020," RBI said in a notification.
Mumbai-based PMC Bank has been placed under directions of the RBI since September 23, 2019 after the central bank superseded the troubled lender's board and appointed Jai Bhagwan Bhoria as the Administrator of the bank. The directive is presently valid till December 22, 2020.
The central bank had imposed restrictions on the urban cooperative bank after it discovered that the lender allegedly created fictitious accounts to hide over Rs 6,700 crore in loans extended to the almost-bankrupt Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL).
The bank has also been making efforts for recovery of bad loans although the progress has been constrained because of the COVID-19 pandemic and legal complexities, it added.
PMC Bank along with the RBI are engaging with the stakeholders to explore the possibility of finding a viable and workable solution for the resolution of the bank, the central bank added.
Earlier in December last year, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had submitted a 7,000-page chargesheet in the PMC Bank fraud case to the PMLA court, naming HDIL promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan, bank's former chairman Waryam Singh, and ex-managing director Joy Thomas.
It was also considered necessary to supersede the Board of Directors of the bank in the exercise of the powers conferred on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under sub-section 1 of Section 36 AAA read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 in the interest of the depositors and to secure the proper management of the bank.
An Administrator was appointed in the exercise of the powers conferred on Reserve Bank of India under sub-sections 1 and 2 of section 36AAA read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. An Advisory Committee comprising of senior bankers/chartered accountant was also appointed to assist the Administrator.
The present Administrator J.B. Bhoria is stepping down on September 22, 2020, due to health reasons.
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