₹6,000-6,300 crore for FY21) over the pre-pandemic credit cost of previous year," the lender said.Analysts believe that this increases the odds of continued higher provisioning in FY21 and therefore the pressure on earnings would remain.The net profit miss for June quarter was due to increased provisioning.
Bajaj Finance set aside ₹1450 crore as contingency provisions towards risks arising out of the pandemic. This is higher than ₹900 crore it had made in the previous quarter.The good side of this is that Bajaj Finance has a total contingency provision of ₹2350 crore which covers about 10% of its moratorium book.