Friday, June 21, 2013

How private are public banks?

.......This suggests that in terms of equity ownership and business behaviour, India’s public banking system is only a short step away from coming under private control, though that would require the revision of the principle mandating at least 51 per cent government ownership of equity in public sector banks. If such a change comes about it would have a far greater transformative effect on Indian banking than would the entry of new private banks at the margin. So while the response to and after effects of the third call for bank licences from the private sector is a matter for concern, the real danger may be the creeping trend towards denationalisation which would completely erode the many benefits that public banking delivered.

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