Govt preparing list of loan defaulters: finance minister

56 govt orgs owe Tk 51,391cr to banks

The government is preparing a list of all the top loan defaulters in the individual and organisational categories, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Monday told parliament.
The minister said this while replying to a query of reserved seat Awami League MP Farida Yasmin.
Farida wanted to know the names of the top 30 loan defaulters in both individual and organisational categories and how much money they have taken from banks and financial institutions.
The question-answer session was tabled with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali told parliament that total of 56 government organisations owe around Tk 51,391 crore to different public and private banks as of March 31.