The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister proposed consolidating Indian banks into larger, equally sized entities. This consolidation aims to support the economy's growing credit needs and achieve Viksit Bharat by 2047. Recent mergers reduced public sector banks, bringing scale and potential operational synergies to the industry. Data shows improved efficiency in public sector banks, surpassing private banks in recent years.

MUMBAI: A report published by the PM Economic Advisory Council has called for further consolidation of banks to create a few large institutions of similar size without…

The EAC-PM has proposed consolidating Indias public sector banks into a few large, comparable institutions to meet rising credit demand and finance the countrys growth towards…