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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicPublic Sector Banks

Topic: Public Sector Banks

Govt will protect interest of workers of state-owned banks that may be privatised — Sitharaman

The finance ministers assurances come amid strikes by bank unions opposing the govt's policy to privatise lenders.

Govt plans to privatise public sector banks — these two could be the first ones to be sold

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Why Budget 2021 is a great chance for Modi govt to bite the bullet on PSU bank privatisation

Fiscal compulsions could drive privatisation, but there’s still a need to overcome hurdles created by labour laws and low valuation of public sector banks.

Under Modi govt, top bosses of PSU banks have stopped getting extensions

In the past six years, at least six top public sector bankers have not been given an extension by the Modi govt, despite being eligible for it.

Reduce stake in PSU banks to 50%, provide job incentives to firms — CII’s wishlist for Budget

The industry body headed by Uday Kotak has made the suggestions to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of pre-Budget consultations

In just 5 years, private banks have narrowed public sector’s huge lead in loans & deposits

Private banks’ market share in loans has risen to 36.04% in 2020 from 21.26% in 2015, while public sector banks’ share has gone to 59.8% from 74.28%.

End the domination of public sector banks, not simply recapitalise them. That’s true reform

Let zombie firms linger on & banks stay crippled a little longer if it leads to deeper reform, so India can get away from broken financial system of the 1980s.

Raghuram Rajan tried to find bad loans. The dirt that came out was thrice his expectation

In Bad Money, Vivek Kaul writes how public sector banks refrained from recognising bad loans because that meant setting aside money to meet these losses.

How government intervention is wrecking India’s banking system

A summary of Episode 407 of #CutTheClutter where Shekhar Gupta explains why the government should move out of India’s banking system.

Public sector banks to clear pending vigilance cases against officials: Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also says no Merchant Discount Rate charges will be applicable to select modes of payment from 1 January.

On Camera

Make Sanchar Saathi removable. Good intentions don’t excuse State overreach

Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.