The government on Wednesday announced a Rs 3,800 crore fund infusion into state-run lenders - UCO Bank, Central Bank of India and Vijaya Bank - to shore up their capital adequacy.
The government on Wednesday announced a Rs 3,800 crore fund infusion into state-run lenders - UCO Bank, Central Bank of India and Vijaya Bank - to shore up their capital adequacy.
Under the recapitalisation package Central Bank of India will get Rs 1,400 crore, while UCO Bank and Vijaya Bank will get Rs 1,200 crore each, Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the cabinet meeting here.
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The capital infusion would be done in two tranches, he said, adding the first tranche would be made available during the current fiscal and the remaining in 2009-10.
As part of the first tranche, UCO Bank will get Rs 450 crore, while Central Bank of India and Vijaya Bank will get Rs 700 and Rs 500 crore, respectively, in the current fiscal.
Spelling out the reason for the capital infusion, Chidambaram said, this will help banks raise capital adequacy over 12 per cent much above the Basel II norms of nine per cent.
In the next tranche, UCO Bank will get Rs 750 crore, while Central Bank of India and Vijaya Bank to get Rs 700 crore each, he said.
The amount would be form a part of Tier I Capital, he said, adding the infusion would increase the government holding in the three state-run banks.
The increase in the government's holding in these banks would depend on the instruments that they subscribe to, Chidambaram said, adding, such decisions would be taken by respective boards.
Under Tier I, banks can raise capital as equity and innovative instruments like perpetual non-cumulative preference shares and perpetual bonds.
The government holding in Central Bank of India currently stands at 80.20 per cent, UCO Bank 75.98 per cent while in Vijaya Bank it is 53.87 per cent.
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