Govt may consider OFS option for raising public float in IDBI BankThe government may consider selling a stake in IDBI Bank through the Offer-for-Sale (OFS) route to increase public shareholding, after the ...
22 Mar, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
Govt may consider OFS option for raising public float in IDBI BankThe government is considering an Offer-for-Sale (OFS) in IDBI Bank to raise public shareholding after a failed attempt to sell a majority s...
22 Mar, 2026, 03.37 PM IST
Decision on privatisation of PSBs after consultation: GovtConsideration of issues related to disinvestment and decision on selection, terms and conditions, etc. in case of strategic sale is entrust...
20 Dec, 2022, 12.39 AM IST
Freeing the white elephants: Why privatisation of public banks can only be goodDominance of banking by PSBs has also been a hurdle in the way of improving the regulatory regime, which, in turn, hampers the modernisatio...
06 Oct, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
Not against bank privatisation, clarifies RBIThe paper was published Thursday as part of the RBI Bulletin. A gradual approach to privatisation could help achieve the broader social obj...
20 Aug, 2022, 05.01 AM IST
Things that should remind us of dangers of reckless privatisationThese memories include global bank bailouts — from the 1990 saving and loan crisis of 1990, the 2007-10 Great Financial Crisis and subseque...
18 Jul, 2022, 11.19 PM IST
No Cabinet decision on privatisation of two PSBs: FM Nirmala SitharamanIn the Union Budget for financial year 2021-22, the government had announced its intent to take up privatisation of two PSBs in the year an...
21 Dec, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
NITI Aayog to finalise names of 2 public sector banks for privatisation soonNITI Aayog has been entrusted with the task of selection of names of two public sector banks and one general insurance company for the priv...
16 Apr, 2021, 09.50 AM IST
Privatisation of PSU banks will compromise financial security: Congress MP in Lok SabhaSpeaking in the Lok Sabha, Singh said former prime minister Indira Gandhi had nationalised banks to connect poor with banking services. It ...
16 Mar, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
Bank privatisation: NPA hive-off, employee transfers being consideredThe govt is likely to consider only banks that were not part of the recent consolidation, which would exclude Punjab National Bank, Bank of...
23 Feb, 2021, 03.36 PM IST
Privatising a sick bank will not attract investors: Anurag Thakur, Union MoS for FinanceAs a customer, you will see what is being offered. It has to be a fair deal for the buyer, for the government and also for bank customers, ...
17 Feb, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Bank of Maharashtra, three other PSBs rally up to 20% on hopes of privatisationThe four banks on the shortlist are Bank of Maharashtra , Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and the Central Bank of India, two officials ...
17 Feb, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
View: Sell the best public sector banks; bids can be foreignTwo major questions: who will bid, and which banks will be offered for privatisation? For success, the government must make an all-out effo...
07 Feb, 2021, 11.18 AM IST
Talks underway to privatise some public sector banksPunjab & Sind Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, IOB among PSU banks that could be privatised.
03 Jun, 2020, 08.06 AM IST
- Nationwide mass public campaign to oppose bank privatisation
BEF today came down heavily on the central govt and the bank mgmts over accumulation of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) to the tune of Rs 2 lak...
27 Jul, 2014, 06.09 PM IST
- Lord Desai moots privatisation of public sector banks
Renowned economist Lord Meghnad Desai today favoured privatisation of India's public sector banks, with foreign banks picking up stakes up ...
21 Nov, 2007, 10.07 PM IST
- Privatisation of public sector banks ruled out
The Government on Tuesday ruled out in the Rajya Sabha any proposal to privatise Public Sector banks in the country.
25 Feb, 2003, 02.02 PM IST