RBI appoints J.B. Bhoria as the new administrator for PMC Bank

The central bank has appointed Jai Bhagwan Bhoria as the new administrator of the PMC Bank with all the powers of the board.

"The RBI has superseded the board of PMC Bank, Mumbai and Jai BhagwanBhoria has been appointed as the administrator of the bank with all the powersof the board," Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare notified onMonday.

On September 23, the RBI had imposed regulatory restrictions on the PMCBank for six months. The withdrawal limit for account holders was also kept atRs 1,000 for six months, which was later raised to Rs 10,000.

In a statement, the apex bank mentioned that the bank was put underregulatory restriction in the interest of depositors. The restriction wasrequired due to major financial irregularities, failure of internal control andwrong reporting of exposures, the bank stated.

Joy Thomas, who has been suspended as the managing director of PMC Bank,has admitted that the bank hid information regarding its bad loans to bankruptreal estate company HDIL. He told the RBI that the bank's actual exposure tothe bankrupt HDIL stood at over Rs 6,500 crore – four times the regulatory capor 73 per cent of its entire assets of Rs 8,880 crore.

Thomas, in a four-and-a-half page letter to RBI, gavedetails of how he, along with six key people who include a few board members,including chairman Waryam Singh and one or two senior bank officials, weresanctioning loans to the HDIL Group, PTI quoted a source as saying.