Road from State to Market–Assessing the Gradual Approach to Banking Sector Reforms in India–
Shirai, Sayuri | February 2002
Abstract
Since the initiation of banking sector reforms in 1991, India’s highly regulated banking sector has seen significant and favorable changes. Initially, foreign and private sector banks generally outperformed public sector (nationalized and State Bank of India) banks, but such differences have diminished as the latter have improved their performance. However, this does not imply that the reforms have been a total success, for the following reasons. First, public sector banks still remain dominant. In addition, the profitability of nationalized banks has not improved, once interest income from recapitalization bonds is excluded. Second, partial privatization has not significantly improved corporate governance, due to the ceiling of individual voting rights at 10%, the Government’s continued dominance as the largest shareholder, and the absence of major reforms determining the boards of directors. Third, priority sector lending still remains a hindrance for the full commercialization of banks. Fourth, banks’ large-scale holdings of government securities, while improving their capital adequacy ratios, might crowd out the private sector in the expansionary phase of the economy and lower banks’ incentives to improve their risk management skills on lending activities.
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Shirai, Sayuri. 2002. Road from State to Market–Assessing the Gradual Approach to Banking Sector Reforms in India–. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/4138. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Economic Development
Economic Infrastructure
Economic Policies
Regional Economic Development
Microfinance Programs
Public Finance
Local Financing
Financial Stability
Financial Sector Regulation
Enterprises
Financial aid
Economies in transition
Local Finance
Local Government
Insurance Companies
Banks
Social Equity
Social responsibility of business
Accounting
Personal budgets
Cost and standard of living
Bank accounts
Credit control
Regulatory reform
Banks and banking
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