Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday launched a seven pronged plan-- Indradhanush--to revamp functioning of public sector banks.
The seven elements include appointments, board of bureau, capitalisation, de-stressing, empowerment, framework of accountability and governance reforms.
Banks board of bureau will replace existing appointments board. Its members would be appointed in the next six months to be headed by the RBI governnor.
Banks board bureau would also hold bad assets of public sector banks.
Under recapitalisation plans for Public Sector Banks, 13 banks would get Rs 20,058 crore this financial year. The rest Rs 5,000 crore would be allocated based on efficiency criteria.
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SBI will get the highest Rs 5,511 cr, followed by Bank of India at Rs 2,455 cr, IDBI at Rs 2,229 cr, PNB at Rs 1732 cr and IOB at Rs 2009 cr.
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"More flexibility would be given to banks to recruit staff at middle level," said Mehrishi.
S.No | Name of Bank | Capital Allocation | |
(Rs. in Crore) | Capital Adequecy Ratio (in %) | ||
1 | State Bank of India | 5531 | 12 |
2 | Bank of India | 2455 | 11.2 |
3 | IDBI | 2229 | 11.9 |
4 | Bank of Baroda | 1786 | 13.1 |
5 | Punjab National Bank | 1,732 | 12.9 |
6 | Canara Bank | 947 | 10.7 |
7 | Indian Overseas Bank | 2,009 | 10.1 |
8 | Union Bank of India | 1,080 | 10.2 |
9 | Corporation Bank | 857 | 11.1 |
10 | Andhra Bank | 378 | 10.7 |
11 | Bank of Maharashtra | 394 | 11.9 |
12 | Allahabad Bank | 283 | 10.4 |
13 | Dena Bank | 407 | 10.9 |
Total | 20,088 |