Much has been written about and promises [A]/premises [B] have been made by the political leadership on the need to create a mechanism enabling PSU banks to take appropriate business decisions in respect of NPAs, including write offs. The table, based on data from the annual reports of SBI tells an interesting tale [A]/ tell [B] . The debt owned [A]/ owed [B] by the top 10 stressed business groups in India increased from Rs. 1,372 billion in FY08 to Rs. 7,519 billion by FY16.

Promises – agreement, assurance, commitment, guarantee         Premises – bounds, campus, digs, limits Tale – short story, fable, fiction                                                                  Tell – say, speak, state, disclose Owned – purchased, bought, retained, held                                         Owed – overdue, unpaid, unsettled, payable   Much has been written about and promises have been made by the political leadership on the need to create a mechanism enabling PSU banks to take appropriate business decisions in respect of NPAs, including write offs. The table, based on data from the annual reports of SBI tells an interesting tale. The debt owed by the top 10 stressed business groups in India increased from Rs. 1,372 billion in FY08 to Rs. 7,519 billion by FY16.