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Senpaty: Propelld's NPA rate is 1%, one-tenth of traditional lenders

Victor Senpaty · Beating SBI, 1% NPAs & India's Massive Loan Gap I Victor Senpaty Co-Founder Propelld · Jul 7, 2026 · at 2:21

Victor Senpaty is the co-founder of Propelld, an Indian education loan fintech.

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“Our NPAs are at a one percent level. You, if you compare it with traditional players, it's one 10th.”

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The claim, plainly

Propelld's non-performing asset (NPA) rate is 1%, which is one-tenth that of traditional lenders.

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Assessment

The claim bundles two assertions: (1) that Propelld's NPA rate is around 1%, and (2) that this is one-tenth the NPA rate of traditional lenders. The first leg is supported by credit rating agency reports: CRISIL and India Ratings & Research report that Bluebear Technology Private Limited (BTPL) and its lending NBFC Edgro Finance Private Limited (EFPL) maintained Gross NPAs and 90+ DPD delinquency rates between 0.3% and 1.1% across FY2024-25 and FY2025-26. The second leg is partially inaccurate based on contemporary data: while historical Reserve Bank of India (RBI) studies showed public sector and commercial bank education loan NPAs reaching 7.0% to 8.76% between 2019 and 2021 (which approximated the 10x figure), official RBI figures disclosed to Parliament in December 2025 show that Public Sector Bank education loan Gross NPAs had declined to 2.0% in FY2024-25.

CRISIL and India Ratings reports (January–July 2026) show Propelld / Edgro Finance 90+ DPD and Gross NPAs ranged from 0.34% to 1.1% between FY25 and Q4 FY26.
Ministry of Finance / RBI Lok Sabha disclosure (December 15, 2025) reported that Public Sector Bank education loan Gross NPAs declined to 2.0% by FY2024-25, though historical benchmarks (2019-2021) were 7.0% to 8.76%.

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[1] crisilratings.com [2] indiaratings.co.in [3] indiaratings.co.in [4] crisilratings.com [5] crisilratings.com [6] crisilratings.com [7] pib.gov.in [8] researchgate.net

"Edgro Finance" "India Ratings" "GNPA" OR "Gross NPA" OR "90+" "Edgro" NBFC rating "Propelld" "Edgro Finance" "CRISIL" "delinquency" OR "90+" OR "NPA" Propelld NBFC rating CRISIL ICRA CARE Gross NPA RBI education loan NPA percentage traditional banks

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