considerable attention after liberalisation of the financial sector in India. This exploratory paper examines the trends of NPAs in … India from various dimensions and explains how mere recognition of the problem and self-monitoring has been able to reduce … it to a great extent. It also shows that public sector banks in India, which function to some extent with welfare motives …

inflation does not significantly affect bank profitability over both the short- and long-term. … controlling for bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability. Bank profitability is proxied by return on … significant negative effect on bank profitability only in the long run. Generally, the explanatory variables used in the study …