Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has asked public sector banks to go slow on disbursals of home and other consumption loans to help fight inflation. <p><p> <p><p>The minister met the chairmen of state-owned banks in New Delhi on April 19. Usha Thorat, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, was also present at the meeting. <p><p> <p><p>The banks were also urged to reduce high-cost bulk deposits within three months to ease the upward pressure on interest rates. <p><p> <p><p>Chidambaram conveyed the government