INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
IDBI Bank is grappling with gross non-performing assets rising to Rs 55,600 crore at the end of Q4New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation's
Monday.Now the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will approach markets regulator Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of
India).Insurance regulator Irdai has already given its approval to the insurer for the stake purchase.Mr Garg said the board, which met
here, approved LIC buying up to 51 per cent stake in IDBI Bank.LIC stake buy will help the debt-ridden state-owned bank get a capital
support of Rs 10,000 crore- Rs 13,000 crore.LIC has been looking to enter the banking space by acquiring a majority stake in IDBI Bank as
the deal is expected to provide business synergies despite the lender's stressed balance sheet.It will get about 2,000 branches through
which it can sell its products, while the bank would get massive funds of LIC.The bank would also get accounts of about 22 crore policy
holders and subsequent flow of fund.Once the deal goes through, IDBI Bank, which is grappling with mounting toxic loans with gross
non-performing assets rising to a staggering Rs 55,600 crore at the end of the March quarter, will get much needed capital support to revive
