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Government to Set Up High-Powered Panel on Banking Sector’s Role in Viksit Bharat 2047

Government to Set Up High-Powered Panel on Banking Sector’s Role in Viksit Bharat 2047

The government will soon set up a high-powered committee to examine the role of India’s banking sector in achieving the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. The panel will consider recommendations emerging from discussions with banking-sector stakeholders and help shape the future direction of banking reforms.

Sitharaman said India’s banking sector is currently in a stronger position to undertake further reforms, with non-performing assets (NPAs) at their lowest levels. The committee is expected to look at how banks can better support India’s economic growth and financing requirements over the next two decades.

🔑 Key Points:

  • 🏦 High-powered banking committee to be set up soon.
  • Focus will be on the banking sector’s role in Viksit Bharat 2047.
  • 📋 Recommendations from the PSB Conclave 2026 will feed into the committee’s work.
  • 📉 Bank NPAs are at their lowest levels, according to the Finance Minister.
  • 💰 The panel will examine how banks can support India’s long-term economic growth and financing needs.
  • 🚀 The government wants the committee’s recommendations to help accelerate banking reforms.
  • 📈 The broader objective is to build a banking system capable of supporting India’s next phase of growth
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