State Bank of India (SBI) is in the process of putting in place a system of early warning signals to monitor performing of standard assets showing early signs of stress. Early Warning System (EWS) is a solution to identify borrowers in the bank’s portfolio showing early signs of stress and enable timely corrective action planning. Each account is monitored across a set of automated triggers to identify the riskiness of the account.

 The SBI has tied up with the BPOs for making pro-active calls to stressed accounts in retail and real estate segment of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) centre branches.

 This was stated by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Early Warning System to monitor bank loan stress identifies risky borrower accounts and enables timely corrective action. Early Warning System established to detect incipient asset stress in performing loan accounts by monitoring accounts against a set of automated triggers and flagging riskiness for timely remedial planning, with proactive telephonic engagement of stressed retail and real estate borrowers through tied Business Process Re-engineering centres to enable early intervention.