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Reduce Centre's Equity below 50%: Nabel laureate Abhijit Banerjee's to end Banking Crisis
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 10/22/2019 5:26:31 PM
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee said today that the government's equity in public sector banks should be reduced to below 50 per cent in order to end fear psychosis among bankers.
"The banking crisis is frightening. We should worry about it. We should be more vigilant...One day the bank is fine and then suddenly it is in crisis...We should be able to stop the crisis much ahead before it happens," the renowned US-based economist said, addressing a press conference.
"We need some important and aggressive changes," he asserted.
The fear of investigation by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in default cases had paralysed the banking system and bankers do not want to lend.
"Reducing government equity in public sector banks to under 51 per cent will take them out of the CVC's purview," he said.
Refusing to get into questions on the economy or any controversial topic, Dr Banerjee said in a meeting earlier in the morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "cracked a joke" that the media was trying to trap him and "get him to say anti-Modi things".