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Mega bank merger on track, says Sitharaman amid worry over April 1 deadline

“We are also conscious of extra load on them [banks] in terms of the kind of demands that I put on them. I have asked them to reach out to 400 districts, I have asked them to reach out to MSMEs, restructure their loan. So there is a lot of core banking work, which they are undertaking. I must be conscious of that also. So the merger and the decision taken by respective banks boards are all well taken. We are going as per schedule on that. There is no uncertainty on that. I am on course. There need not be speculation,” she said after unveiling EASE 3.0, the Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda 2020-21 for smart, tech-enabled banking, and the PSB EASE Reforms Annual Report 2019-20.

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