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Finance ministry asks public sector banks to share bond portfolio data

About 60 per cent of banks' investment book is in the HTM portfolio, analysts at Macquarie Research wrote

FM Nirmala Sitharaman likely to meet CEOs of PSU Banks on Saturday

Finance minister Niramala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet managing directors of public sector banks (PSBs) on March 25 for performance review in the backdrop of failure of few banks in the US and liquidity crisis faced by Credit Suisse. The meeting is going to take stock of the progress made by banks in achieving targets set for the various government schemes, including Kisan Credit Card (KCC), Stand-Up India, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), and emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) to help businesses affected by Covid-19, according to sources. This is the first full review meeting after the presentation of Budget 2023-24 and banks would be asked to focus on the areas highlighted by the Budget including credit flow to productive sectors. The finance minister would review credit growth, asset quality, and capital raising and business growth plan of banks for next financial year, the sources said, adding non-performing assets (NPAs) of Rs 100 crore and the recovery status

Deposits by public sector banks up 8.8% in December quarter: RBI data

However, they still lag the pace of private banks

BoM tops list of public sector lenders in loan growth, asset quality

Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has emerged as the top performer among state-owned lenders in terms of loan growth percentage during the third quarter of 2022-23, an analysis of the latest financial results of public sector banks showed. The Pune-based lender recorded a 21.67 per cent increase in gross advances on a year-on-year basis, according to the latest quarterly numbers of the public sector bank (PSB). The bank has maintained the top slot in credit growth in percentage terms consistently for the past 10 quarters despite COVID-19 pressures. BoM was followed by the Union Bank of India with 19.80 per cent growth. Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) stood at fourth spot with 16.91 per cent rise in advances growth. However, SBI's total loans were about 17 times higher at Rs 26,47,205 crore as compared to Rs 1,56,962 crore of BoM in absolute terms. In terms of Retail-Agriculture-MSME (RAM) loans, BoM has recorded the highest growth of 19.18 per cent, followed by Punjab &

PSBs profit jumps 65% to Rs 29,175 cr in Q3; Bank of Maharashtra tops chart

Public sector banks (PSBs) have logged a robust profit growth of 65 per cent to Rs 29,175 crore during the third quarter ended December 2022, with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) emerging as the top performer in terms of percentage growth in profit. The Pune-headquartered lender recorded a 139 per cent jump in profit to Rs 775 crore at the end of December 2022, according to quarterly results declared by the PSBs. BoM was followed by Kolkata-based UCO Bank which posted a profit of Rs 653 crore, 110 per cent higher than its earning in the third quarter of the previous fiscal. Two other lenders whose profit growth was higher than 100 per cent were Union Bank of India and Indian Bank. The Mumbai-based Union Bank of India witnessed a 107 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 2,245 crore, while Chennai-based Indian Bank reported a 102 per cent increase at Rs 1,396 crore for the October-December period of 2022. All 12 PSBs cumulatively earned a profit of Rs 29,175 crore in the third quarter of the

Q3 results: PSBs' net profit jumps 66% on healthy interest margins

Other income rises in Q3 against contraction in Q2

Budget proposals don't seek privatisation of state-owned banks: DEA Secy

Finance Minister announced that to simplify, ease and reduce cost of compliance, financial sector regulators will be requested to carry out a comprehensive review of existing regulations

FinMin to meet heads of PSBs; to review progress of various schemes

The meeting with managing director and CEOs of public sector banks is scheduled to be held on January 19 and largely for reviewing the schemes to promote financial inclusion

FinMin to meet heads of PSBs on Thursday; to review schemes' progress

The finance ministry has called a meeting of heads of public sector banks and financial institutions to review the progress of various social sector schemes, including Jan Dhan, Mudra, and KCC

BoM Q3 profit more than doubles to Rs 775 cr, lender mulls 5% stake sale

State-owned bank may come out with qualified institutional placement of equity shares in the last quarter of FY23

Don't engage retired staffers to probe graft cases: CVC to govt depts

The Central Vigilance Commission has asked public sector banks, insurance companies and central government departments not to engage retired employees in investigating corruption cases. The assertion comes after it was noticed that some organisations were appointing retired employees as investigating officers, contrary to its existing nearly two-decade-old directive in this regard. Moreover, it is also important that the vigilance functionaries are made accountable and subjected to disciplinary action if they are found to have compromised confidentiality, objectivity or integrity, in the discharge of duties assigned to them, the commission said. The same is not possible in the case of retired officials as conduct and disciplinary rules do not apply to them for any post-retirement misconduct, it said in the latest order. The commission had in August 2000 directed that vigilance functionaries in any organisation shall be full-time employees and that a retired staffer should not be ..

Public sector firms' share in total market cap at a three-year high

BSE PSU index gained 41% and 23% in 2021 and 2022, respectively

Bond issuance by banks to touch record Rs 1.3 trn in FY23: Report

They raised more than Rs 73,000 crore in FY22, says rating agency ICRA

Economic stress tests

External sector remains a source of risk

Rupee premiums likely to stay above 2% after RBI's push, says report

The RBI looks comfortable with the current level of forward premiums, especially since it has lifted informal restrictions on banks for trading in the non-deliverable forward (NDF) market

BS BFSI Insight Summit: Who's who of PSBs to take part in panel discussion

From State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara to Sanjiv Chadha, MD & CEO, Bank of Baroda, here is the list of panelists from public sector banks of India at BSFI Insight Summit

Govt to consult regulator before privatising public sector banks

The government on Monday said it will take a view on privatisation of public sector banks (PSBs) after consultation with the concerned department and regulator. Consideration of issues related to disinvestment and decision on selection, terms and conditions, etc. in case of strategic sale is entrusted to the Cabinet committee designated for this purpose under the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961, minister of state for finance Bhagwat Karad said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. "Before such consideration for decision thereon, consultation is undertaken with the ministries and departments concerned and, where necessary, with the regulator concerned," he said. In the Union Budget for the financial year (FY) 2021-22, he said, the government's intent to take up privatisation of two PSBs and approval of a policy of strategic disinvestment of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) was announced. The objectives of the policy include enabling growth of public sector ...

Finance ministry pulls up PSBs over mis-selling of insurance products

Banks have been advised to ensure '100 per cent' compliance of know your customer (KYC) guidelines while sourcing insurance business

Bad loans & IBC: Going as expected

Indeed, the IBC has only proven how wide and deep corrupt banking practices in PSBs were

Banks renew AT-1 sales after two-month gap, PSUs lead pack to raise credit

Public sector lenders would end up issuing around Rs 13,500 cr worth of such bonds in coming weeks