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FM directs CBI to use director identification number in notices to bankers

PSBs may report fraud through e-filing of FIRs on a designated email address of CBI

Nirmala Sitharaman
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a meeting with heads of public sector banks and CBI officials, in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Dalip Kumar

Somesh Jha New Delhi
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked lenders to take loan decisions without fear, the finance ministry on Saturday tried to allay apprehensions of public sector banks (PSBs) related to investigative agencies by bringing the brass of PSBs and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to the same table.
 
After the meeting, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the CBI would ensure that all the notices sent by it to bankers carried a director identification number (DIN), as is being done by the income-tax (I-T) department. This, she said, would remove the possibility of unauthorised communication “and consequent harassment”, which