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This is a list of banks which are considered to be Scheduled Banks under the second schedule of RBI Act, 1934. [1] [2]At end-March 2024, India's commercial banking sector consisted of 12 public sector banks (PSBs), 21 private sector banks (PVBs), 45 foreign banks (FBs), 12 SFBs, six PBs, 43 RRBs, and two LABs.
In 1960, the State Banks of India was given control of eight state-associated banks under the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959. However the merger of these associated banks with SBI went into effect on 1 April 2017. In 1969, the Government of India nationalised 14 major private banks; one of the big banks was Bank of India.
1949 (1 January) Reserve Bank of India nationalised. [26] The Reserve Bank of India was state-owned at the time of Indian independence. 1953 Air India under the Air Corporations Act 1953. 1955 Imperial Bank of India and its subsidiaries (State Bank of India and its subsidiaries) 1969 Nationalization of 14 Indian banks.
The seven other state banks became subsidiaries of the new bank in 1959 when the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 was passed by the Union government. [ 1 ] The next major government intervention in banking took place on 19 July 1969 when the Indira government nationalised an additional 14 major banks.
Reserve Bank of India, abbreviated as RBI, is the central bank of India, ... Upon Indira Gandhi's return to power in 1980, a further six banks were nationalised. [15]
The amalgamation is the first-ever three-way consolidation of banks in the country, with a combined business of Rs14.82 trillion (short scale), making it the third largest bank after State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank. [18] Post-merger effective 1 April 2019, the bank has become the India's third largest lender behind SBI and ICICI Bank. [19]
The bank was established to help farming community. Later bank grew phenomenally under leadership of Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty during the 1960s. The Vijaya bank was nationalised in the 1980s by Government of India. The bank has presence in most of states of India. Later it was merged with Bank of Baroda along with Dena Bank on First April 2019.
In 1969, the Indian Government nationalized the bank on 19 July, together with 13 others. Nameboard of Central Bank of India, Shankar Sheth Road Branch, Pune. Central Bank of India, Brabourne Road Branch (in blue), in Kolkata. Central Bank of India was one of the first banks in India to issue credit cards in the year 1980 in collaboration with ...