PSU Banks merger information: Shares of PSU banks rose by as much as 4% throughout Monday’s buying and selling session following information that the finance ministry is drafting a method for the subsequent spherical of mergers amongst public sector banks, with an announcement anticipated in April or Might. A report from Informist indicated that these mergers will happen in 2-3 phases reasonably than suddenly.
As per the Informist report, there are presently 12 PSU banks, and the purpose is to consolidate to a most of 6-7 nationalized banks which can be bigger in scope than their current construction. The federal government may initially merge 1-2 smaller banks earlier than integrating them with SBI or PNB, or presumably merge them immediately with SBI or PNB.
