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Small PSBs with assets of less than Rs 2-lakh crore should be readied for merger: FM appointed panel

21 Apr 2015 Evaluate

A Finance Ministry-appointed panel has recommended that small public sector banks (PSBs), with assets of less than Rs 2-lakh crore, should be readied for merger with five large PSBs. The Working Group on Consolidation and Restructuring of PSBs has though said that ahead of the consolidation, the small PSBs will need to reorient their portfolio and improve operational efficiencies over the next one year.

The Working Group has suggested that over the next one year all PSBs focus on four areas - improving risk management capabilities, shifting to profitability-linked performance metrics, leveraging technology to reduce costs, and developing capital-light business models. To rapidly reorient smaller PSBs, a performance assessment of their loan portfolio will be made so that they can exit areas where they are not strong or are unprofitable.The next step for these banks would be to define the target customer segments. After that, the large PSBs will identify the relevant acquisition targets based on complementary businesses and synergies. However, the panel suggested that any consolidation should be driven by market forces and decisions taken independently by the board of each bank.

The PSBs with less than Rs 2 lakh crore assets (loans plus investments) include Andhra Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Dena Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Vijaya Bank, and United Bank of India, while on the other hand the large PSBs, with the capability to acquire these PSBs include Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank and Union Bank of India.

The idea of consolidation among public sector banks was earlier pushed by P Chidambaram, when he was finance minister under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. There are 27 public sector banks, including State Bank of India’s five associate banks. Performance of banks have come to the fore after the government refused to recapitalize inefficient banks.

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