Jaiprakash Associates defaults on Rs 4,044-crore loans

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Jaypee Group's flagship firm Jaiprakash Associates has defaulted on loans worth Rs 4,044 crore, including principal and interest amount. In a regulatory filing on Friday, Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) informed that the company on June 30th defaulted on repayments of a principal amount of Rs 1,660 crore and interest of Rs 2,384 crore. The loans pertained to various banks, and the nature of the obligation is fund-based working capital, non-fund-based working capital, term loans and FCCB (foreign currency convertible bonds).

«The total borrowing (including interest) of the company is Rs 29,477 crore, repayable by 2037, against which only Rs 4,044 crore is overdue as on June 30, 2023,» JAL said. Out of the total borrowing of Rs 29,477 crore, the company said that Rs 18,319 crore will get further reduced on transfer to the proposed Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for which the scheme of arrangement, duly approved by all the stakeholders, is pending sanction of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). «The entire loan is in any case under restructuring,» it added.

The company said it has been taking tangible steps to reduce the borrowings. «Post the proposed divestment of cement business and the restructuring under consideration, the borrowing will get almost to nil upon implementation of revised restructuring plan,» it said. JAL also said that ICICI Bank had approached the NCLT Allahabad on the direction of the RBI under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 against the company.

It has contested the move. «The matter is pending to be decided simultaneously with the Scheme of Arrangement for transfer of real estate to the SPV to be sanctioned by the NCLT,» the filing said. In September 2018, ICICI Bank filed an