Using ratio to show improved recovery trend
Want to show better recovery in loans: Use Statistics Normally lies are classified into (i) lies (ii) damned lies and (iii) statistics. The above news item comes under (iii). As per the report, the loans written off in the last three financial years ranged around Rs.120000 cr. In the current FY, for the 9 months period ended 31st Dec 24, the loans written off is app. Rs.60,000 cr. Against the write offs in the above years, the recovery from the written off accounts of the previous years (and not the current year) is depicted for comparison. The recovery in the last three years ranged between Rs.20,000 cr to Rs.40000 cr. (as per the graph). For the current FY (9MFY25), the recovery is shown app. at Rs.23000 cr. (at the lower end of the range) Rajya Sabha was informed that the recovery from written off loans has improved and it is 47.1% for the current FY so far. Strangely, the percentage of recovery has gone up as the denominator (loans written off) has com...