Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in March that the need of the hour is to merge the 27 public banks to create few but strong institutions. (PTI)
The Narendra Modi government, which is keen to keen to consolidate public sector banks and bring down their numbers to about six, has assured that there will be no job losses in the process. The newly set up bank board bureau, which will chalk out the roadmap for consolidation, is set to touch upon this “tricky” issue, an official source said.

