INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Reserve Bank of India said on Tuesday that there is no need to panic on the basis of rumours
The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday that the country's banking system is "safe and stable" and there is no need to panic
The assurance from the central bank came on a day a selloff in the banking and financial services sectors led to a 1 per cent decline in the
stock markets, after a crisis at PMC Bank renewed concerns about the health of the country's financial sector
"There are rumours in some locations about certain banks including cooperative banks, resulting in anxiety among the depositors There is no
need to panic on the basis of such rumours," the RBI said
Here are 10 things to know:Last week, the RBI moved to take charge of PMC Bank, one of the country's top five co-operative
lenders, and suspended its managing director Joy Thomas and board after uncovering lending irregularities.The PMC Bank case comes at a time
State-run banks account for the lion's share of this amount.The Sensex index plunged as much as 737.44 points - or 1.91 per cent - on
Tuesday before ending the session with a loss of 0.94 per cent
The broader Nifty benchmark declined 1.97 per cent in intraday trade, before closing down 1.00 per cent.The Nifty Bank - comprising shares
of 12 major banks - fell as much as 3.52 per cent during the session, with Yes Bank shares nosediving 29.95 per cent to extend losses to a
third day running.Analysts say concerns about the financial sector hurt investor sentiment
"Governance issues at a cooperative bank are causing collateral damage in banking space highlighting concerns in the sector," Deven Choksey
of KRChoksey Investment Managers told TheIndianSubcontinent.Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank used more than 21,000 fictitious
accounts to hide loans it made, news agency Reuters reported citing a police complaint lodged by officials.The complaint accuses the bank's
management of concealing non-performing assets and disbursing loans leading to a loss of at least Rs 4,355 crore, and also names bankrupt
realty company Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), along with its former senior executives Sarang Wadhwan and Rakesh Wadhwan,
who were beneficiaries of the loans, according to Reuters.More than two dozen co-operative banks are now under RBI administration, but PMC
Bank - with deposits of Rs 11,620 crore as of March 31 - is by far the largest.India's financial system has been rocked by a Rs
13,000-crore fraud at Punjab National Bank and the collapse of IL-FS - one of India's biggest non-banking finance companies - last
announced a consolidation plan which would result in 12 public sector banks in the system instead of 27, in a bid to strengthen the
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