Press "Enter" to skip to content

Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank, Bank of Baroda to be Merged to Create India’s Third Largest Lender​

Financial services secretary Rajeev Kumar made the announcement a new conference along with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. He said the boards of the three banks will examine amalgamation proposal.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses media on merger of Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda.

Loading…

New Delhi: The Union government has decided to merge three state-owned banks — Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda. This move will create India’s third-largest lender.

Financial services secretary Rajeev Kumar made the announcement at a news conference along with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. He said the boards of the three banks will examine amalgamation proposal.

“No employee will face any service conditions which are adverse in nature. The best of the service conditions will apply to all of them,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on the merger.

Jaitley said the government had announced in the Budget that consolidation of banks was in the agenda and the first step has been announced.​
Kumar said the banking sector needs reforms and the government is taking care of banks’ capital needs. Rationalisation of overseas operation in banking sector is in full swing, he said, adding the government is keen to take steps so that history isn’t repeated as far as NPAs are concerned. ​

‘;
$(‘#first-watch-box’).html(response+titleHeading);
}
},
error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
console.log(‘Something went wrong..’);
}
});
}

var playWatchVideos = false;
$(window).scroll(function() {
var ividFirstScroll = $(‘.alsowatch’).offset().top – 100;
var tagsScroll = $(‘.tag’).offset().top;
var topOffsetIvid = $(window).scrollTop();
var topIviddistance = topOffsetIvid – ividFirstScroll;
var finalScrollEnd = ividFirstScroll + 650;
var holaPlayDivId = $(‘div.video-js’).attr(‘id’);
var holaPlayerObj = videojs(holaPlayDivId);
if(topOffsetIvid>ividFirstScroll && topOffsetIvid

Source: News18