Public sector banks: Govt may infuse Rs 20,000 cr capital
"... If the Government opts to maintain its shareholding at the current level, the burden of recapitalisation (in PSBs) will be of the order of Rs 900 billion," RBI Governor D Subbarao had said last year.
He had said the government has two options-- either to maintain its shareholding at the current level or bring down its shareholding at 51 per cent.
However, he had said that if the government decides to reduce its shareholding in every bank to a minimum of 51 per cent, the burden reduces to under Rs 70,000 crore.
Indian govt may inject $3.7 bn in 2013/14
(Reuters) Indian government is likely to allocate 200 billion rupees ($3.71 billion) for capital infusion in public sector banks in the next financial year, a finance ministry official with direct knowledge of budget talks told Reuters on Wednesday.
The official refused to be named as the information is a budget secret.
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will reveal the amount in his budget speech on Feb. 28.
In the current fiscal year ending in March, the government set aside 150 billion rupees to inject capital.
The government will also try to raise 400 billion rupees in the new fiscal year through a partial privatisation of state-run companies, higher than 300 billion rupees it is aiming this year, the official said, adding
