Finance Ministry To Meet Public Sector Bank Heads On April 17 To Discuss Performance, Schemes

The finance ministry has called a meeting of heads of public sector banks on April 17 to review the financial performance of banks and discuss targets for flagship schemes of the government, including Jan Dhan Yojana and Mudra Scheme for the financial year 2025-26.

The meeting is scheduled to be chaired by Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju.

According to sources, the meeting would also discuss the financial performance of banks during the financial year ended on March 31 and set the target for financial inclusion schemes including PM SVANidhi Schemes.

Public sector Banks have posted the highest-ever net profit of Rs 1.29 lakh crore in the April-December period of the current fiscal, marking an annual increase of 31.3%.

The performance of PSBs has shown significant improvement on key financial parameters, like record net profit growth, improved asset quality, and build-up of adequate capital buffers, during the period under review.

The twelve state-owned banks recorded net profit growth of 31.3% (year-on-year) to achieve the highest-ever aggregate net profit of Rs 1,29,426 crore and aggregate operating profit of Rs 2,20,243 crore in the nine months of the financial year.

Further, improved asset quality is also visible from a significantly low net NPA ratio at 0.59% (aggregate net non performing assets outstanding of Rs 61,252 crore), the finance ministry had said in a statement.

They posted aggregate business growth of 11% (year-on-year), with improved aggregate deposit growth at 9.8%. Total aggregate business of PSBs reached Rs 242.27 lakh crore during the period.