A section of analysts feel now may not be a bad time to buy select PSBs.
With recruitment numbers having dropped off sharply since the liberalisation process got under way in 1991, large-scale retirements of people hired during the 1970s and 1980s will leave large gaps in the organisational structures of these banks.
"There has been (a) slowing down of credit growth... However, this slowing down of credit has indeed, to some extent, affected flow of credit in the housing sector and consumer durables sector," he told reporters after a review meeting with heads of PSU banks.
FDI rules announced last year changed the criteria of calculating these investments and included American depository receipts, global depository receipts and convertible shares also in that category.
The current employee strength of all state-run banks is about 672,000.
Amid strong opposition from CIL workers union to the proposed stake sale in the company, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the disinvestment proceeds of about Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) from the coal behemoth will be invested in public sector banks.
'It's advisable not to go overboard on a banking sector fund or any other sector fund.'
In eight cases, the banks would violate the minimum public shareholding norms if their promoter, the Government of India, infused capital as announced.
However, the likely impact of strike may not be much excluding few areas, said SBI.
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.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
Air India is understood be in negotiations with state-run banks to avail working capital loans at low interests.
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.
"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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
PSU banks must be privatised, say experts.
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.
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.
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.
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
With the restructuring process in full swing, public sector banks have stepped-up monitoring to keep non-performing assets (NPAs) at desired levels.
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