 | Odisha takes matter into own hands, to ensure bank branches in 4,373 gram panchayatsSenior citizens, differently-abled people and pregnant women will get doorstep banking services and avail the direct benefit transfer of the government in a timely manner. |
 | Bank mergers benefitted employees, public: CentreThe minister refused to give a direct answer to the question of whether most of the public sector banks would be merged or disinvested by the end of the current year. |
 | Finance minister asks PSBs to follow fair NPA recognition norm for growthAll the major financial parameters viz., credit deployment, profitability, asset quality, capital adequacy etc. indicate that the performance of PSBs has significantly improved. |
| Nirmala Sitharaman to review public sector banks’ performance on July 6This is the first review meeting by Sitharaman in the current fiscal after the review of the FY23 financial results of banks. |
 | Public sector banks' profit tripled to Rs 1.04 lakh in nine years: FMInaugurating the corporate office of Punjab and Sind Bank here, the minister said that banks need to "build on laurels" by following the best corporate governance principles. |
