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JK Bank should shun bureaucratic approach: Altaf Bukhari
2/25/2020 9:46:36 PM
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 25: Expressing serious reservations over the hasty declaration of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) by J&K Bank, former J&K PDP minister Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday urged Lieutenant Governor G.S. Murmu to show some sense of responsibility towards the business community of Jammu and Kashmir who are being unnecessarily harassed and intimidated by the Bank.
In a statement issued here, Bukhari said that Jammu and Kashmir Bank is one of the most iconic institutions of Jammu and Kashmir but regrettably, its bureaucratic approach is continuing to plague its'' functioning.
"Sadly the government of J&K seems to be manipulating the functioning of JK Bank like running a government treasury. The government has forgotten that the Bank needs to be run professionally and all its decisions need to be taken by professionals rather than bureaucrats who disappointingly don''t see a reason to empathize with the shattered economy of this region," Bukhari remarked.
He said that banks across the globe do go for settlements with their clients in their hard and pressing times but unfortunately JK Bank has stopped the settlement process with its clients for the last seven months for unknown reasons.
"If the government is serious in revival of shattered economy of Jammu and Kashmir then it must ask the JK Bank to go for advances and settlements with its clientele especially the businessmen, traders, manufacturers, industrialists, hoteliers, orchardists, farmers, transporters, houseboat owners, tour and travel operators and all other allied sectors of economy. Or otherwise, the economy of J&K is doomed to collapse which can eventually lead to crumpling of Bank''s existence," he added.
Bukhari said that being the major shareholder of JK Bank, the government here needs to come forward to rescue the functional autonomy of JK Bank and safeguard the interests of its clientele for preserving a symbiotic relationship.
"You can''t harass your clients and expect a steady growth of any financial institution. The government must take all the chambers of commerce, associations of traders, manufacturers, industrialists, hoteliers, transporters, fruit growers and other allied sectors of economy and management of the JK Bank on board to revitalise the economic trajectory of Jammu and Kashmir," he demanded.
Bukhari opined that JK Bank, as a pristine financial institution, had assumed tremendous significance and people from all regions of Jammu and Kashmir were proud of it. "But sadly it has deteriorated in its functioning which has caused immense sufferings to the people especially the traders, businessmen, hoteliers, restaurant owners, houseboat owners, gold associations, transporters, manufacturers, small, medium and big industrial units and other allied sectors of trade and commerce who are the basic pillars of economy of our region," the former Finance Minister observed. He said that instead of instilling confidence among traders and business communities working in hostile conditions, JK Bank is being accused of persecution and harassment of its clients.
"This harassment is being done in the name of asset possession. The families of borrowers mainly the business community are struggling for their survival and most of them are circumstantial defaulters. The Bank should not treat them as wilful defaulters. The present dispensation must intervene in the matter at the earliest," Bukhari demanded.
While going for recoveries, he said, JK Bank should not harass the business community and instead adopt a compassionate approach to deal with the defaulters. The bank should take into consideration that several vital sectors of J&K economy like tourism, horticulture, handicrafts, hotel industry, restaurants, houseboats owners, transporters and IT-related units witnessed a major slump after August 5, 2019.
"Besides the unprecedented security measures, the non-availability of the Internet further dented the economy of J&K. This is not something unusual but our economy has suffered heavily since 2008 and 2010 unrest which was later coupled by the 2014 floods and 2016 unrest.
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