Capital raising: Banks biggest test post Basel III norms

....."If you are looking at the incremental capital, because of Basel III, that is, what capital would have been required otherwise going ahead with Basel II, over and above that how much you require to implement Basel III -- it is a comparatively small figure. It is Rs 71,000 crore in common equity. That means it comes down from Rs 1,43,000 crore to Rs 71,000 crore. And the total capital requirement for public sector banks comes down from Rs 4,20,000 crore to Rs 1,65,000 crore," ........

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