Jayant Sinha, minister of state for finance reported how many willful defaulters owing Rs 66,190 crore to state-owned banks as of December 2015? A) 6719 B) 7128 C) 5275 D) 7686 E) None of these
D) 7686 Explanation: Sinha also said that the total outstanding amount in top 100 non-performing accounts (NPAs) with public sector banks (PSBs) was Rs 1.73 lakh crore as of December 2015. Willful defaulters of PSBs rose from 5,554 to 7,686 in three years to December 2015 while the amount involved more than doubled to Rs 66,190 crore from Rs 27,749 crore.