The mechanism of quarterly performance of PSBs will be monitored by SBI Capital Markets
Merger of public sector banks can be tricky
PSBs rose due to the direct effect of Reserve Bank of India's asset quality review
Raising funds from the market will ease the pressure on the exchequer of pumping in capital
Eight PSBs have received board approvals to raise fresh capital aggregating Rs 35,000 crore
Unwillingness to mark down value of assets to values acceptable to ARCs is stalling NPA resolution
Usha Ananthasubramanian has been moved out of PNB to Allahabad Bank as its new MD and CEO
On the flip side, resolution process could entail banks to take a haircut in their exposure to loans
There are rising concerns over mounting bad loans in the banking system
In line with the blueprint, PSBs are to get Rs 25,000 crore in each fiscal
Repeal of the Bank Nationalisation Act will enable state-owned banks to function as board-run companies, as well as lead to better regulation by the RBI and greater accountability to the market
Says funding to shore up PSBs has budgetary constraints
The strike affected services such as cheque clearances, cash deposit and withdrawal at branches and other facilities
The govt had said it will infuse Rs 70,000 cr into state banks while they have to raise a Rs 1.1 lakh cr to meet requirements
The perception that public sector banks lag in terms of credit portfolio expansion isn't entirely true. Various factors govern their fortunes
75% of earmarked capital will be released immediately; rest linked to performance to be allocated later
First tranche of capital infusion is likely to be less than Rs 20,000 crore
Consequently, that may adversely impact India's economic growth from FY18, says the ratings agency
The government has made Budget provision of Rs 25,000-crore capital infusion in PSBs for the current financial year
"Worst-case scenario for the banking crisis" (July 11) makes a case for hastening the process of "privatisation" of India's banking system. There are similarities between the way in which public sector mutual fund UTI was handled when private mutual funds found its presence uncomfortable and the approach of analysts like Ajay Shah to the public sector banks' (PSBs) predicament. It is easy to get confused by comparisons in totally different situations. Let us be clear that there is no "banking crisis" in India as of now. This is not to deny the need to urgently tackle the problems faced by the sector due to policy lapses spreading over a decade or so.As private sector banks have failed to grow and improve their share in India's banking business to any respectable level despite under-performance by PSBs, the country is left with no option but to rejuvenate PSBs. In this context, a shift from the present palliative care approach to one for rejuvenation has to be fast. Anyway, transfer of