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Govt-run banks no longer need external help for capital buffers, issuing bonds to fund lending

Govt has not had to recapitalise PSBs since FY22. These banks, now highly profitable, are now increasingly meeting their capital requirements from their own resources.

Singed by farm protests, Modi govt holds up privatisation of 2 PSU banks until state polls

The government had listed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Winter Session of Parliament but it still awaits cabinet approval.

Why public sector banks are struggling to raise capital but private banks are having it easy

ICRA estimates that PSBs need around Rs 60,000 crore in the current fiscal, but these banks are struggling to raise capital despite asset quality challenges.

Public sector banks have a lot to do with India’s banking crisis

The disproportionate concentration of bad loans in the government owned banking system has a major role to play in the crisis that India is presently facing. 

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.