SBI eyeing to raise Rs 23,000 crore via rights issue

08 Aug 2011 Evaluate

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender expects to raise Rs 23,000 crore through a rights share sale by the end of the fiscal to fund loans. The bank may also raise lending rates by as much as 50 basis points this week. The bank is in talks with the Government and has presented various scenarios related to right issue. The Government owns 59.4% in the bank and it needs to infuse around Rs 14,000 crore if it wants retain its 59% stake, Rs 11,000 crore for 55% stake and Rs 9,000 crore for 51% stake.

Further, SBI is not looking to go ahead with the merger of any its subsidiaries and will consider it in mid 2012. The bank at its asset and liability committee meeting will look at raising the interest rates by around 50 basis points or 0.5%.

Recently, SBI had set up 14 account tracking centres to check non-performing assets (NPA). The bank had informed that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) had sought reasons for higher provisions of NPAs for the fourth quarter of 2010-11. The gross NPA of public sector banks stood at Rs 71,047 crore, which also include NPA of loans availed by industrial houses.

SBI reported a fall of 98.88% in its fourth quarter net profit at Rs 20.88 crore whereas the same was at Rs 1866.60 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Its total income for the quarter increased by 18.07% at Rs 26,536.84 crore whereas the same was at Rs 22,474.12 crore for the March quarter of the previous fiscal.

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