Public Sector Units :- In Public sector Units (PSUs) government take or holds the majority interest.
In simple words, Government holds more than 50 % stake of an organisation.
Public Sector Bank :- Public Sector Bank comes under govt. In these banks, the government is always responsible for each and every type of activity. There are 27 Public Sector Banks in India. These banks are as :-
- 21 Nationalized Banks
- 5 State Banks Group
List of Public Sector Banks :-
Nationalized Banks :-- Allahabad Bank
- Andhra Bank
- Bank of Baroda
- Bank of India
- Bank of Maharashtra
- Canara Bank
- Central Bank of India
- Corporation Bank
- Dena Bank
- Indian Bank
- Indian Overseas Bank
- Oriental Bank of Commerce
- Punjab National Bank
- Punjab & Sind Bank
- Syndicate Bank
- UCO Bank
- Union Bank of India
- United Bank of India
- Vijaya Bank
- IDBI Bank Ltd.
- Bharatiya Mahila Bank
State Banks :-
- State Bank of India
- State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
- State Bank of Hyderabad
- State Bank of Mysore
- State Bank of Patiala
- State Bank of Travancore
Nationalized Banks :- Before discussing Nationalized Banks, we have to know about Private Banks. So, Private Banks are those banks whose majority stake is held by an individual or may be by any private entity.
So, When government buy that majority stake from that individual or private entity then that private bank will become Nationalized Bank.
List of Private Sector Banks :-
- Axis Bank
- Citi Union Bank
- Dhanlaxmi Bank
- ICICI Bank
- IndusInd Bank
- Karnataka Bank
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Catholic Syrian Bank
- Federal Bank
- HDFC Bank
- Karur Vysya Bank
- Lakshmi Vilas Bank
- Yes Bank
Key Differences Between Nationalized Bank and Private Bank :-
- The major difference between both of them is that all the Nationalized Banks will become Public Banks.
- No Public Banks will become Nationalized Banks.
Recent News About Public Sector Bank :-
On 22 June 2016, the government announced that they wanted to merge 26 banks into six big lenders.What is the need to merge banks?
So, the reason behind this activity is the competition. As our government took this step of merging the public sector banks, for understanding this activity we have to understand from the beginning.If we observe the balance of the each and every bank individually then you can clearly see that our balance is very less or we can say nothing as compared to foreign banks.
So, for mentioning the competition between foreign banks and public banks of India. The government decided to combine or merge the several banks.
How many banks are there?
Which bank is going to be merged in other bank?
According to government proposal :-There are six big lenders leading merger. Those
- Bank of Baroda
- Bank of India
- Canara Bank
- Punjab National Bank
- State Bank of India
- Syndicate Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank will be merged with Canara Bank.
- Central Bank, Dena Bank will be merged with Union Bank.
- Andhra Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Vijaya Bank will be merged with Bank of India.
Benefits of this activity :-
- If these banks merge, then the capital of all these banks will also combine.
- This large capital helps the bank to increase the power of the bank.
- With this large capital, banks can easily give competition to the foreign banks.
- With increased capital, their balance sheet will also become more profitable.
Demerits if we avoid this process :-
- The biggest disadvantage is that if these little banks don’t merge with large banks. Then after some time there are chances that these little banks would be banished.
- So, for their benefits they have to join the big lenders bank.
