'8k wilful defaulters owed banks ₹76k crore'
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that 8,167 wilful defaulters owed banks an amount of ₹76,685 crore in 2015-16, and 1,724 FIRs have already been filed in connection with the cases. Further, he added that a Parliamentary committee is looking into a bill for empowering banks to take effective steps in dealing with the situations of loan default.