State-Run Banks Must Be Recapitalised Without Delay, Says Dalton Capital’s UR Bhat

The demand for recapitalisation cannot be delayed any further, Bhat said.

Divya Grover

11 Jun 2019, 12:09 PM IST

Customers use a Union Bank of India automated teller machine (ATM), left, as security guards talk in front of a Bank of Baroda ATM in Mumbai (Photographer: Adeel Halim/Bloomberg)

State-run banks are in dire need of recapitalisation, which would enable their reasonable growth, according to UR Bhat.

“There are no (public-sector) banks which have enough capital,” the managing director of Dalton Capital Advisors told BloombergQuint, adding that recapitalisation could help relatively healthier banks capture growth momentum in the economy. This process, according to Bhat, can't be delayed any further.

Being at a threshold isn’t good enough. They (public sector banks) need growth capital and that is hopefully going to come from the government... The budget has to address it fair and square.

UR Bhat, MD, Dalton Capital Advisors

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