The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Saturday, 11 April 2009, modified the formula for computing diminution in the fair value of restructured advances relieving banks in their accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2009.
RBI also directed banks to make disclosures in their annual balance sheets for 2008-2009 on the amount and number of accounts in respect of which applications for restructuring are under process, but for which the packages have not yet been approved.
The erosion in the fair value, according to the RBI, should be computed as the difference between the fair value of the loan ‘before' and ‘after' restructuring. Further, banks will have to make provision for the difference.
This move is likely to benefit banks on provisioning front as the present value of future cash-flows arising out of principal and interest will be discounted at different rates.