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SBI board approves exploring 'investment opportunity' in YES Bank

A rescue plan involving SBI and Life Insurance Corporation of India was being discussed and an announcement in this regard might be made soon

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Hamsini Karthik Mumbai
The State Bank of India board has given  in-principle approval to consider an “investment opportunity” in YES Bank. In a late night statement on Thursday, SBI, however, said no decision had yet been taken to pick up stake in the bank.

Highly-placed sources indicated a rescue plan involving SBI and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was being discussed and an announcement in this regard might be made soon.  

While the finer details of the deal are being worked out, it is anticipated that both SBI and LIC together will take a 51 per cent stake in the bank, with