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Rs 2000 cr business! 1st time - Defence Ministry approves these 3 Private Sector Banks to provide financial services in overseas procurement

With this for the first time three Private Banks have also been allowed to provide financial services for overseas procurement by MoD.

Rs 2000 cr business! 1st time - Defence Ministry approves these 3 Private Sector Banks to provide financial services in overseas procurement
Till now, only authorised public sector banks were utilised to provide these services to MoD.

Ministry of Defence in a statement has said that in line with further opening of allocation of Government business to Private Sector Banks by the Department of Financial Services, MoD has assigned three Private Sector Banks viz HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank and Axis Bank to provide the Letter of Credit and Direct Bank Transfer business for overseas procurement by the Ministry. 

MoUs in this connection have been signed with each of these three banks recently by PCDA, New Delhi on behalf of MoD.

Till now, only authorised public sector banks were utilised to provide these services to MoD. 

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With this for the first time three Private Banks have also been allowed to provide financial services for overseas procurement by MoD.

The selected banks may be allocated with LC business of Rs 2000 Crore, each on the capital and revenue side, for a period of one year on concurrent basis (Rs 666 Crore for each bank under both capital as well as Revenue). 

The performance of these Banks will be monitored regularly so as to take necessary further action as required.

Written By: Prashant V. Singh
Updated: Fri, Jul 08, 2022
05:09 pm
ZeeBiz WebDesk
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