Nirmala Sitharaman was replying to a question on the bank employees unions opposing the merger plan on the ground it would lead to loss of jobs.
We have budgeted Rs 70,000 crore for this year, says Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar
PNB will take over OBC and UBI to become the country's second-largest lender after SBI in terms of business
If you book a new fixed deposit or take a fresh loan, the rate will be decided by the merged entity
10 banks to be merged into 4; Indian Bank & Allahabad to be one
Our capital to risk (weighted) assets ratio, or CRAR, is good, says Andhra Bank MD
There were discussions in general since a few months, said Syndicate Bank MD Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
Often the resolution process gets stuck with many smaller players not agreeing with the majority view
It was mainly based on system integration that the government took a call for amalgamation, said Narayanan
After today's mergers, the count of government-owned banks will come down to 12 from 27 in 2017
During the presser, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the consolidation of banks was announced during the Budget, the first step towards which was taken today