It must be music to the ears of the government of India (GoI) and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). IDBI Bank Ltd, in which LIC and GoI hold 49.24 per cent and 45.48 per cent, respectively, is set to pay dividend for FY23, subject to shareholder approval.
The last time it had paid a dividend (7.5 per cent) was in 2015, just before the rut started, which forced the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to bring the bank in its prompt corrective action, or PCA, fold (in May 2017), restraining its growth. This time, IDBI Bank plans to pay
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