7. • The privatization of any institution is the process of transferring the
ownership from the government to the private hands.
• For a bank to be privatized government should own less than 50% of
shareholding or private parties should own more than 51% of stake.
Indiahas12NationalizedBankswhichactunderTheReserve Bankof Indiaand
governed byIndianGovernment.
Indiawent for privatizationinthehistoric reforms budget of 1991,alsoknownas NEW
ECONOMICPOLICYor LPG policy.
Governmentbankscanbeconverted into private banksintwo ways.
1. Bywithdrawalof thegovernment from ownership andmanagementof publicsector banks.
2. Byoutright saleof publicsector banks.
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8. Privatization is considered to bring more efficiency and objectivity to
the bank.
Privatizationis importantto economyandscaleup ahealthy competitioninthemarketand
reduces theprice.
Having privateownership ofbankswill bring changesinstructuring incentivesand
accountability.
Mainpurpose behind theplanofprivatizationofPSBs isto stallfuturebailouts byusing
taxpayersmoney.
Big economicevents like demonetizationandbankmergers brought a lot ofuncertainty andchangeswith
them.
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9. Benefits of privatization of bank
Increased efficiency.
Issue of dual control will be resolved.
Clearing bad loans
Risk mitigation
Strict against loans and frauds.
Help to reduce burden on GOI.
Encourages foreign investments.
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10. Privatization of Banks will definitely have some positive and also some
adverse effect directly on society and indirectly on economy.
Privatizationof bankswill behelpful ingetting a better customerservice. Itwill also effect the
economyandhelps ingrowth.
Privatizationof IndianBankswill remove irregularity andbring punctualityandwill led to
accountabilityin theservice.
Private banks’profit driven motivescancreate economicgap.
Better utilizationof taxpayersmoney.
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11. Issue of
Governance
here
PSBs as an
instrument for
social justice.
here
Peoples
trust in
Public sector
banks.
Government
scheme will
not work in
private sector
banks.
To what
extend govt
will be
influential
after
privatization.
Issues Related To Privatization of Banks
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13. 02
NPAs
Quick resolution of
NPAs beyond NCLT
and IBC.
Governance
For better governance
interference and
intervention from
government should be
minimal.
Structure
Instead of rapid re-
privatization of public
sector banks
government should
come up with better
governance structure.
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Recommendations
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15. 01
There are some
adverse aspects of
privatization of
banks but there are
some good aspects
of it.
02
Both kind of
banking structure
are essential for
the economy. They
both have some
deficiencies.
Let Both thrive with
Improved governance and
professionalism and
reduce political
interference for PSBs to
improve their overall
performance.
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