In order to help banks enhance their capital base and increase lending capacity, the Finance Ministry is expected to take the decision on capital infusion of Rs 15,000 crore in public sector banks this week. Financial services secretary DK Mittal said, this week there will be some announcement about the allocation to various banks.
The top three banks which require capital are Indian Overseas Bank, Central Bank of India and the Bank of Maharashtra. State Bank of India would also need capital. Indian Overseas Bank requires Rs 1,500 crore of capital infusion and Bank of Maharashtra has sought Rs 800 crore from the finance ministry.
Further, board of each of the bank would have to decide whether they want to infuse capital through a rights issue. Moreover the RBI is also in-line with the proposal for a financial holding company to raise resources for re-capitalization of banks. Earlier, in 2011-12, the finance ministry had pumped in Rs 12,000 crore in public sector banks to maintain their capital adequacy ratio, while it gave Rs 20,157 crore in 2010-11.
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