The survey also suggested passage of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2005. Noting that the credit market suffers from structural rigidities, the survey said, it may have been reinforced in the recent years due to a high credit demand encouraging the banks to raise deposits at higher rates for maintaining long term liquidity.
"I'm taking a minute to respond... I do respect Raghuram Rajan as a great scholar who chose to be in the central bank in India at a time when the Indian economy was all buoyant," Sitharaman said during the lecture organised by the Deepak and Neera Raj Centre on Indian Economic Policies of the Columbia University.
Air India is understood be in negotiations with state-run banks to avail working capital loans at low interests.
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) $10 billion US dollar-rupee buy-sell swap auction for three years received bids worth $16.23 billion on Friday, reflecting robust demand amid persistent liquidity deficit in the banking system. This was the second swap auction by the central bank after it infused $5 billion via six month-swap on January 31.
The current process for selecting auditors could compromise their "independence".
The minister said RBI maintains a list of non-suit filed borrowers of banks and financial institutions, while CIBIL had a database on suit-filed accounts of Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) and above.
IBA has commissioned a study to evaluate the pros and cons of keeping banks shut on Saturdays.
At present, 58 per cent of the population has bank account.
Capital needs are likely to increase substantially each year.
The posts of Chairman and MD in the private sector are held separately.
"If IBA does not come out with a solution with regard to our demands within given time-frame of three months ending on May 31, then we will be left with no option but to again adopt agitational path. And this time, we will observe indefinite strike," All India Bank Officers' Confederation (a member of United Forum of Bank Unions) General Secretary Amar Pal said in Chandigarh on Monday during the 8th Triennial General Council meeting.
The last year has seen public sector undertakings (PSUs) outperforming the Nifty50, albeit by a small degree. But PSU valuations are still, on average, less than half of private sector peers at price-to-equity or PE 8.7x for the Nifty PSU Index versus 20.9x for the Nifty50. There are several reasons for lower valuation.
The government may delay Rs 14,000 crore (Rs 140 billion) fund infusion in the public sector banks in view of volatile market conditions.
The ministry has sought information on posts for which regular recruitment is made; expected parameters for the said posts; subjects for tests; and training modules.
The meeting with the top officials of public sector banks is scheduled for March 5, a senior finance ministry official told PTI.
A peek into the life of a public-sector banker who did well professionally, but paid a price for it, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Threatening to go on strike for three days from March 28 followed by indenifite strike from May, public sector bank employees organised a march to Parliament on Monday to press for their pension-related demands among other matters.
Over 25,600 cases of banking fraud reported up to December 21, 2017, says Minister RS Prasad.
In April 2004, the ministry had permitted banks to purchase new vehicles for replacement or otherwise on "need basis".
As per the structure proposed, 99 per cent of government holding in the bank will be shifted to the Holding Company and the government will retain 1 per cent with itself so that it remains a state-owned bank.
Transcript of the weekly market chat on rediff on Tuesday.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram is slated to meet bankers on November 18, to review performance of PSU banks and discuss ways of augmenting their capital by Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) in the next 5-6 years.
Corporation Bank is the biggest beneficiary of this round of capital infusion with Rs 9,086 crore of funding, followed by Allahabad Bank with Rs 6,896 crore.
PSU banks must be privatised, say experts.
Public sector banks may have to bear a burden of Rs 1,800-2,000 crore arising due to a recent Supreme Court judgement on the waiver of compound interest on all loan accounts which opted for moratorium during March-August 2020, sources said. The judgement covers loans above Rs 2 crore as loans below this got blanket interest on interest waiver in November last year. Compound interest support scheme for loan moratorium cost the government Rs 5,500 crore during 2020-21 and the scheme covered all borrowers including the prompt one who did not avail moratorium.
As many as 20 public sector banks, including big ones like Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank, have failed to achieve the annual farm sector lending target till November, 2009.
Arun Jaitley addressed a post-Budget press conference.
The six banks that have joined the major league are Syndicate Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, IDBI Bank and Allahabad Bank.
Today, banks are being asked to discover niche strengths and focus on them
Shares of state-owned bank stocks were under pressure on Monday due to muted deposit and credit growth numbers reported by these lenders in the October-December quarter (Q3) of 2024-25 (FY25). The Nifty PSU Bank index was down 4 per cent, with Union Bank of India emerging as the biggest loser as its shares fell 7.5 per cent to close at Rs 114.7, followed by a 5.7 per cent drop in shares of Bank of Baroda (BoB) to Rs 228 and a 4.7 per cent slide in shares of Bank of India to Rs 99.8 on the National Stock Exchange.
The government also informed that it has been decided to entrust IBPS the responsibility to conduct the common recruitment examination for PSBs.
With the restructuring process in full swing, public sector banks have stepped-up monitoring to keep non-performing assets (NPAs) at desired levels.
The capital infusion would help improve the financial health of banks. While some banks would get necessary regulatory capital while others would get it for fueling growth.
Less than a month after five financial institutions sold 20 per cent in the National Stock Exchange, a consortium of five stakeholders led by State Bank of India are looking to sell an 11 per cent stake in the exchange.
The Reserve Bank of India is formulating guidelines that would allow government-owned banks get into the private equity business.
Interest rates are set to fall again with public sector banks today agreeing to lower deposit and lending rates next month.
Shares of public sector enterprises have corrected by up to 22 per cent month-to-date until March 19, 2024. Analysts attribute this steep fall to the valuation exuberance seen after a sharp run in these counters last year and suggest investors remain selective regarding the stocks in this space. "The rally in public sector undertaking (PSU) stocks has been stretched and sharp, although it is somewhat justified by improvements seen in earnings, operations, balance sheets, and overall profitability.
Public banks face slowdown heat.
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