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Budget 2020: Govt unlikely to announce capital infusion for PSU banks

Besides, sources said, banks may also look for divesting or selling their non-core business as part of fund raising exercise during 2020-21

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The government is unlikely to announce capital infusion for the public sector banks (PSBs) in the upcoming Budget and will rather encourage them to expedite recovery of bad loans and raise funds from the market.

Besides, sources said, banks may also look for divesting or selling their non-core business as part of fund raising exercise during 2020-21.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the second budget of the Modi 2.0 government on February 1.

According to sources, banks have robust pipeline of recovery from the resolution of both NCLT and non-NCLT cases during this calender year and also