Bank merger: Dr Yerram Raju in Moneylife
http://www.moneylife.in/ article/consolidation- convergence-and-competition- of-banks-in-india/51196.html
Posted online comments:
I am not sure what exactly this article is aiming
at. Reorganization and restructuring of the banking system should not be put on
hold anymore. We never needed this many public sector banks
post-nationalisation. For political and bureaucratic reasons reorganization (call
it merger/closure/amalgamation) was put on hold and the blame was transferred
to “objections from trade unions/employees. Reports indicate that
SBI-Associates merger has been successful and benefits will be visible within a
couple of years. Merger is not about reducing business or geographical spread.
It is about better use of resources, professionalization and provision of
better services by using surplus manpower and other resources to unbanked/under-banked
have areas. RRBs too have experimented
with mergers and from 196, their number today has come down to two digits, with
no reduction in total business.
M G Warrier
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