Page 2 - Bank Recaptalisation

CCEA approves Rs 1,340-cr recapitalisation for weak regional rural banks

This is, in a way, an extension of the recapitalisation plan that was to end this financial year (April 2019 to March 2020, of FY20)

What lies ahead for bank stocks amid Middle East tensions, oil rally?

Besides, uncertainty over the capital infusion proposal for the public sector banks (PSBs) under the upcoming Union Budget for 2020-21 has also soured investor sentiment.

The day India's banks died because of political priorities of a populist PM

Indira Gandhi's brilliance as a politician lay in her ability to transform the most sordid political intrigue into high ideological disputation

Bank recapitalisation should be done through cash, not bonds: Rangarajan

According to him, the mode of recapitalisation that is being done now is through the issue of bond

Banks may restart lending after Rs 70,000 cr boost but with caution

A significant portion of the capital provided would be tied up in boosting core capital and provisioning against bad debts which would limit the ability of bankers to lend

Govt to upfront infuse Rs 70,000-cr capital into public sector banks

The move is expected to generate an additional lending and liquidity in the financial system to the tune of Rs 5 lakh crore, she said at a press conference

Viral Acharya ends his RBI stint with a sense of unfinished business

Acharya's boss at the central bank, Shaktikanta Das, says a continuous and prolonged dependence on the government's capital infusion into banks can breed inefficiency

Celebrating 50 yrs of bank nationalisation

The nationalised banks do a good job of what their majority owner mandates them to, but most are failed business enterprises

The missing 'R'

Recap will help, but PSBs need wider reforms

Govt to infuse Rs 830 bn, take bank capitalisation to Rs 1.06 trn in FY 19

This would enhance the total recapitalisation in the current fiscal from Rs 650 billion to Rs 1.06 trillion