The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday said that various measures taken by the Union government have contributed to the sustained financial health and robustness of the banking sector as a whole.
These banks are: Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National Bank, UCO Bank and IDBI Bank Limited.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of 4th RE-Invest Summit hosted by MNRE and CII, the minister said that India’s renewable energy capacity addition has grown by 175 per cent and renewable energy generation has grown by 86 per cent since 2014.
Union Minister of Labour and Employment and Chairperson, Central Board of Trustees, EPF, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has approved the proposal for a Centralised Pension Payment System (CPPS) for Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995.
At a meeting conducted to review the performance of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman discussed a range of issues including financial parameters, deposit mobilisation, digital payments and cyber security framework.
The RBI, the extended arm of the government, which licenses the banks, has full responsibility to ensure full protection to bank deposits. The government therefore needs to regulate fully and protect all deposits in all banks because the deposits belong to the depositing public no matter whether the bank is privately owned, governmentowned, or a cooperative
Scams are a product of greed and immorality. However, abuse of the financial system has been made possible because of the system's weaknesses. In an age which heralds technology as the silver bullet, we should not overlook the most critical source of competitive advantage - the people. Compliance and controls are dependent on the people running it. The most agile auditors will struggle to stop managers determined to hide their dirty laundry from view
The minister further said that the PM Svanidhi scheme gave small loans to needy people without the condition of a collateral or a CIBIL score.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the banks should give a personal hearing to borrowers before classifying their account as fraudulent, in accordance with the RBI's Master Circular of July 1, 2016, noting that the action of classifying an account as fraud not only affects the business and goodwill of the borrower, but also the right to reputation.
One issue that dogged the PSBs more than the PVBs was the unresolved issue of NPAs and cleaning up of their balance sheets.
