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RBI raises provision norms for banks, stocks tank 2-5%

Most of the banking stocks tumbled on Tuesday afternoon trade after the Reserve Bank of India raised banks' provisioning requirement to 2.75% as against the existing 2% on restructured standard loan accounts. Higher provisions would eat away profits of the banks.

first published: Oct 30, 2012 01:37 pm

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