Why MSME accounts in Delhi NCR (Extended) slip to NPA
NCR's stressed book is one of India's largest by value, dominated by real-estate developers, wholesale-trade cash-credit accounts and SME manufacturing exposures across three state jurisdictions. In the MSME book, the trigger is rarely business failure — it is receivable delay. Buyers stretch beyond the 45-day statutory limit under the MSMED Act, the CC account stays over-drawn, drawing power is cut on a stale stock statement and the account touches SMA-2 inside 60 days. Stressed clusters in the state: Real estate developers; Wholesale trade; SME manufacturing (Okhla, Noida Sector 63); Fintech NBFC vendor MSMEs.
