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CBROA NEWS Monthly E bulletin of Canara Bank Retired Officers’ Association (Regd) CBROA/News Bulletin/Aug 2019 Date : 01.08.2019 At a Glance Click the link to read the article Click Back to Top link on the bottom to come to this page Editorial • Golden Jubilee Celebration of Bank Nationalisation Our Bank • Canara Bank announced Quarterly Results for June 2019 quarter CBOA News • Canara Bank Officers’ Association and Canpal targeting recover overdue amounting to Rs.3,200 crores in 6 months AIBOC / AINBOF / UFBU News • UFBU Delegation Calls On The Union Finance Minister And Submitted A Memorandum On The Expeditious Wage Revision And Resolution Of Pensioners’ Issues. • Golden Jubilee Celebration Of Bank Nationalisation Day : Cboa And AINBOF Celebrate The Day As Promise To Our Patrons (Pop). • AINBOF Circular No. GS / Jul / 2019 /013 Dated 05.07.2019 - Cabinet Approves Code On Wage Bill : Role Of Trade Unions Now. AIBPARC / CBPRO News • IBA’s Medical Insurance Scheme Retirees • Golden Jubilee Year of Bank Nationalisation • Improvement in Family Pension and Updation of Pension in Banks – A fervent appeal to Hon Minister for Finance, Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman Dearness Relief to Bank Pensioners w.e.f. August 2019 1 Back to Top CBROA Activities / meetings • Dr. S T Ramachandra, former General Manager of our Bank and our member, nominated as a member, Syndicate of the University of Mysore. • Smt Salekoppa L Kanyakumari (Smt S L Kanyakumari) will participate in World Masters Badminton Championship in Poland. • Rally on 22.07.2019 at Tiruvanthapuram to commemorate the Bank Nationalisation Day • Dharna on 20th July, 2019 at Coimbatore • Central Committee Meeting at Hyderabad on 13th & 14th July, 2019 • Meeting of members at o Shivamogga on 23.07.2019 o Indore on 24.07.2019 o Bhopal on 25.07.2019 o Aligharh on 26.07.2019 o Ghaziabad on 28.07.2019 o Delhi on 29.07.2019 • Mangalore unit arranges Picnic and Vanamahotsava on 28.07.2019 • Social activities conducted at Vijayawada Banking News / Developments • RBI Governor meets Public Sector Bank heads, reiterates call for transmission • MSME bad loans ratio remains high at 10.8% in the March 2019 quarter • NPA Crisis : Loan write offs by Banks cross Rs.2 lakh crores • Banks’ bad loans down at Rs.9.34 lakh crores at FY 2019 end • ATM Transaction charges for other bank ATMs likely to change : RBI sets up review panel • State Bank of India has been caught lying about its profits for three years • RBI imposes Rs.7 crore fine on State Bank of India for violation of various regulatory guidelines. • Allahabad Bank repots Rs.688.27 crores fraud • Punjab National Bank hit by another fraud of Rs.3,800 crores. • IL&FS hosted top executive of Credit Agency, Brickwork Agency, got high ratings • Government rules out reintroduction of old pension scheme • Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) tells ministries to take action against corrupt bureaucrats before they retire. 25 officials from State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, other Banks under scanner. Photo Gallery 2 Back to Top Dear Friends, GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF BANK NATIONALISATION. India celebrated the 50 Years of Bank Commercial Banks belonged to private business Nationalisation on 19th July of this year. There houses those times. Since these commercial were panel discussions on the electronic media banks were run by business houses, they failed over the successes and failures of the epoch in helping the Government in many ways. making financial exercise that began on the Nationalisation of the Banks, preceded by midnight of July 19, 1969. It started under the taking over of Imperial Bank of India and then Prime Minister of India with nationalization renamed as State Bank of India in 1955, and of 14 major commercial banks that accounted nationalization of 6 state associated Banks, for 85 per cent of bank deposits in the country through the State Bank of India (Subsidiaries) at that time. Six more banks were nationalized Act 1959 followed by a second phase of in 1980. The core objective of nationalization nationalization in 1980, brought the public was to energise priority sectors at a time when confidence in the Banking system of India. With the large businesses were dominating the credit this 80% of the Banking Sector came under the portfolios. Thanks to the relentless struggle public/government ownership. After waged by millions of Bank employees over the nationalization of the Banks, the branches of years, for nationalization of the Banking Sector the public sector banks were opened in the which lead to Government’s decision to hitherto unbanked regions, reaching even the nationalize the major commercial Banks. This remotest parts of the country, deposits rose to struggle was supported by the law makers, the approximately 800 per cent, and advances took academia, economists who championed the a huge jump by 11,000 per cent. Government cause of the poor, the agriculturists, the down ownership gave the public implicit faith and trodden, the small business enterprises, the immense confidence in the sustainability of hitherto neglected sectors of the economy. The Public Sector Banks. By 2013 the Indian Banking struggle was motivated by the need to seize Industry employed, 11,75,149 employees and control of the nation’s savings for allocation to had a total of 1,09,811 inn2013 which increased priority sectors of the economy from the big to 1,41,756 in 2019 branches in India and 171 business houses of the country who, had taken branches abroad, aggregate deposits stood at control of the Banking sector in the post- Rs.67,504.54 billion and Bank credit of independence period. The country was in a Rs.52,604.59 billion. The net profit of the Banks desperate situation to align its resources operating in India was Rs.1,027.51 billion towards a systematic and planned economic against a turn-over ofRs.9,148.59 billion for development of the country. The purpose of the financial year 2012-13.Population per nationalization was to ensure equitable flow of Branch declined to 14,000, Deposit as credit to every sector of the economy to avoid percentage to GNP improved to 79%, per capita lopsided growth. deposit stood at Rs.56,380/-, per capita credit 3 Back to Top stood at Rs.44,078/-, Credit-Deposit Ratio In the wake of the Banking Sector reforms improved from 63% to 79%. The rise in the share introduced in the year 1991, Public Sector Banks of rural and semi-urban branches was reflected adopted international prudential and capital in the steady increase of the contribution of adequacy standards in line with Basel rural and semi-urban areas in aggregate framework, set out from time to time, deposits and credit. The share of rural and semi- integrated risk management systems, business urban branches varied from 58.4% to 77.2% in process re-engineering, reorganization of 1990 and to 62.89% in 2019. The total network administrative structures, better systemic of rural and semi-urban branches stood at controls, higher compliance standards and 89,144 in March 2019 compared to 4,781 in 1969 better HR Management strategies. and 46,128 in 1990. More significantly, the credit deposit ratio of rural branches touched In the earlier stages of nationalization, share of 65% as against the ideal parameter of 60% set unorganized credit fell sharply and the economy for the Banking Industry as a whole. It was not seemed to come out of the low level of only rural credit, there was an upsurge in small equilibrium trap. In the process the flip side of borrower accounts. In addition, 1.26 lakh Bank social commitment led to inefficiency and poor Mitras (Business Correspondents) provide customer service in some PSBs, taking away the branchless banking service in villages. The competitive edge. The administered interest commitment to spread banking began with the rates and the burden of directed lending introduction of the Lead Bank Scheme in 1969 constrained their autonomy to operate on (LBS) and State Level Bankers’ Committee commercial lines. The mandatory expansion of (SBCs), District Credit Plans, Priority sector branches in unbanked centres with low business Lending Norms in 1974, branch expansion policy potentiality impacted the working of Public and the formation of Regional Rural Banks in Sector Banks. With little latitude to decide 1975. These tools speeded up the outreach of business mix, profitability took a back seat. Banks to transform the village economy by PSBs struggling to work under the doctrine of adopting them for integrated development. dual regulation suffered from poor governance, Board of Directors of PSBs are appointed by the Beyond providing banking services, Public Government with no freedom to review their Sector Banks played a crucial role of performance and competency. The expertise coordinating with state, district, tehsil and with such independent directors rarely passed block-level units of the Government and District on to Bank Management. As a result of poor Industrial Centres and facilitated in board oversight and the ability of large implementing Welfare Schemes. Public Sector borrowers to influence certain decisions, Public Banks served as a conduit to disburse subsidies, Sector Banks accumulated huge Non-Performing implemented Government Sponsored Schemes Assets (NPAs). They had to bear the brunt of for integrated rural development, routed holding close to 90% of stock of bad loans, interest subventions, facilitated debt-waiver further impinging upon their profitability. schemes and fulfilled mandatory lending norms. The combined impact improved the economic In the aftermath of Banking Sector reforms, conditions of rural enterprises. there was a virtual expansion of credit. So in the initial stages of liberalization, the initial 4 Back to Top benchmark of a reduction in NPA ratio and labour force, which is not supported by any increase in capital adequacy ratio was replaced empirical evidence.