Cabinet approves Rs 12,517 crore capital infusion in 10 PSU banks

11 Jan 2013 Evaluate

In order to strengthen the capital base of public sector banks, the Union Cabinet on Jan 10 approved capital infusion of Rs 12,517 crore in around 10 state-owned banks over the next three months. This will help the bank to enhance the lending activity and meet the capital adequacy norms. It will also allow them to maintain their Tier-l CRAR at comfortable level, so that they remain compliant with the stricter capital adequacy norms under BASEL-III as well as to support internationally active PSBs for their national and international banking operations undertaken through their subsidiaries and associates.

The cabinet also gave in-principle approval for providing need-based recapitalization to public sector banks till 2018-19 for compliance with the stiffer Basel-III capital adequacy norms, which will implemented from 1 April, 2013. The requirement of core equity (Tier 1 capital) will also increase due to increase in the Risk Weighted Assets of banks under Basel-III, as risk weights in the areas of credit risk, including counterparty credit risk, external credit assessments and market risk, are higher than those in the present regime of Basel-II norms.

Finance minister P Chidambaram said ‘pursuant to the Budget announcement made by the finance minister in March 2012, we are infusing additional capital into the public sector banks. It will be done before the end of this fiscal.’ Further, the name of the banks, the amount for each bank and terms of the conditions will be decided in consultation with them at the time of infusion.

By adding further he said, this move would cater to the credit needs of productive sectors and help withstand the impact of stress in the economy. It would also support the national and international banking operations of public sector banks and boosting the confidence of investors, as well as the market sentiment.

However, earlier this week, global regulators gave four more years to banks and greater flexibility to be compliant with Basel-III norms, as advanced economies have been struggling to recover from economic slowdown. Banks had also complained that even they could not meet the January 2015 deadline. So, the global banking oversight committee agreed to phase in the rule over four more years.

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