In a conversation with Shekhar Gupta on Walk The Talk in March 2016 , Arundhati Bhattacharya, then chairperson of State Bank of India, had suggested that Vijay Mallya should treat banks like his family physician and come clean about the state of his business so as to reach an amicable settlement. Ms Bhattacharya also elaborated on the sustained efforts made by SBI to recover the assets of Vijay Mallya who owes Rs. 9000 crore to various banks, a process that has been slowed down by red tape. She also gave a detailed take on the problem of Non-Performing Assests (NPAs) and bad loans that ail most public sector banks in the country.
