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Govt keen to speed up stake sale in four PSU banks this fiscal: Report

Govt wants to overhaul the banking sector and is also pushing for privatisation of banks and other PSUs to help raise funds for budgeted spending amid a fall in tax collections

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IDBI Bank is among the lenders the government wants to reduce its stake in.

Manoj Kumar & Nupur Anand | Reuters New Delhi/ Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office has asked officials to speed up the process of trimming government stakes in at least four primarily state-owned banks within the current fiscal year, according to two officials familiar with the discussions.

The sources said the four lenders are Punjab & Sind Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, UCO Bank and IDBI Bank, in which the government owns majority stakes through direct and indirect holdings.

New Delhi wants to overhaul the banking sector and is also pushing the privatisation of banks and other state-run companies to help raise funds for budgeted spending amid a fall in tax

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