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100			_aChaudhuri, Saumitra
245			_aSome issues of growth and profitability in Indian public sector banks
260			_c2002
300			_ap.2155-162.
362			_a1 Jun
520			_aPublic sector banks face a triple jeopardy. First, they are losing market share; second, their profitability is being seriously squeezed; and, third, their balance sheets are not strong and their sovereign support, which had buttressed them so far, is becoming open to question. The reasons for this less-than-enviable condition of the public sector banks are many, but a principal operative factor derives from the nature of their ownership and what that translates into in terms of goals and priorities. - Reproduced.
650			_aBanks - India
650			_aBanks
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a52592
999			_c52592 _d52592