In a free-wheeling chat with CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan, the Finance Minister said that even if Congress doesn't support GST Bill, he will allow Parliament to do its job. Among other topics, he spoke on the need for consolidation among public sector banks.

Will grow balance sheet by 10% in FY17: Bank of Baroda

While there can be a net stress addition between Rs 5,000 crore and Rs 10,000 crore in FY17, changes in regulation can lead to better recoveries, says PS Jayakumar, MD and CEO, Bank of Baroda.

NPA recovery not PSU banks' core competence: BoB Chair

The stress in corporate system will disappear as the economy picks up, says Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Bank of Baroda.

Consolidation should not be seen negatively, says BoB chief

PS Jayakumar, MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda says consolidation should not be seen negatively, commenting on niggling concerns among industry followers on impact of consolidation of weaker banks with stronger ones on the latter.

RBI's new norms to push CAR to 13.25%: BoB

The new amendments on balance sheet items will help in improving CET I by 1.1 percent, says PS Jayakumar, MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda.

Expect to return to FY14 profit levels next year: Bank of Baroda

The new MD of Bank of Baroda PS Jayakumar has informed the government that his bank won't be needing capital and neither does he see any capital dilution for the next 18-24 months

See little impact from CBI raid on flagged A/c holders: BoB

A recent Central Bureau of Investigation raid on 59 current account holders involved in suspected forex violations will have little to no impact on Bank of Baroda, its Executive Director BB Joshi said.

Kotak Mahindra, YES Bank cut base rate by 25 bps

The lower base rates for both the banks will come into effect from October 5, 2015.

PNB weakest amongst state banks due to NPLs: Fitch

Saswata Guha, Director – Financial Institutions, Fitch Ratings (India) told CNBC-TV18 that despite injection of capital by the government, PNB‘s balance sheet has inadequate capital to meet uncertain risks.

Pace of NPA formation is beginning to slow: Morgan Stanley

Anil Agarwal, Head of Research-Banks, Asia ex Japan, is more bullish on private sector banks as he expects earnings growth to be stronger in that space

No anti-NPA measures in Indradhanush a let down: Macquarie

Suresh Ganapathy of Macquarie says the reforms proposed in the Indradhanush package for state-owned banks need to be taken with a pinch of salt, and is skeptical if the appointment of private sector personnel in leadership positions will make a big difference.

May cut interest rates before next RBI policy: BoB

In the third bi-monthly monetary policy meet today, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said banks have merely lowered lending rates by a fraction.

See muted credit growth; asset quality to improve: BoB

Speaking on the first quarter the performance and the outlook going forward Ranjan Dhawan, MD & CEO, Bank of Baroda told CNBC-TV18 that worst seems to be over in terms of asset quality and things will only improve from here on.

Bank loan growth in FY15 slowest in a decade: Fitch Ratings

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Saswata Guha, Director, Fitch Ratings said low asset quality and insufficient capital are the main reasons for slowdown in loan growth.

Total capital need at Rs 6500cr; fund raising on cards: BoB

K Venkata Rama Moorthy, ED at Bank of Baroda said apart from requesting the government for capital infusion, the bank is also looking to raise funds using alternative methods.

Q4 saw robust recoveries; NPA woes not over: Bank of Baroda

Despite the significant fall posted in Q4 NPAs, in an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ranjan Dhawan, managing director and chief executive officer, Bank of Baroda says the issue of bad loans is not yet over.

Expect credit growth of 15% this fiscal: Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda surges 17 percent as fresh slippages decline to Rs 1,359 crore sequentially. Even the asset quality has improved. In an interview CNBC-TV18, CMD Ranjan Dhawan discusses the bank‘s fourth quarter profits and its future outlook.

Base rate cuts soon; credit growth to remain soft: BoB

In the wake of the Reserve Bank of India slashing its benchmark lending rate, commercial banks will start cutting their base rates “sooner rather than later,” Bank of Baroda CMD Ranjan Dhawan told CNBC-TV18.

Comfortable with capital requirement for now: Bk of Baroda

In an interview wth CNBC-TV18, Dhawan says the industry is awaiting details on the holding company structure for stakes of state-owned banks, as proposed by the PJ Nayak Committee.

Absence of top mgmt impacting other PSU banks' Q3 nos: SBI

State Bank of India saw a significant improvement in its asset quality. Gross non-performing assets (NPA) stood at 4.90 percent of gross advances in Q3FY15 against 4.89 percent in previous quarter and 5.73 percent in the year-ago period.

Bank of Baroda Q3 hit by NPA, tax; Q4 to remain subdued

Bank of Baroda is under immense pressure post weak earnings. It's net profit tumbled 62 percent due to one-time income tax payment of Rs 410 crore as well as worsening NPA levels.

RBI nod to recast project loans will boost infra: Experts

Earlier, banks were allowed to restructure only those project loans sanctioned after July 15 this calendar

Q2 net fell due to higher provisions: BoB

Investors should focus on Bank of Baroda's operating performance as its earnings- before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased even though net profits fell due to higher provisions, executive director P Srinivas told CNBC-TV18‘s Gopika Gopakumar in an interaction.

Interest rates to soften by year end: BoB

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ranjan Dhawan, ED, Bank of Baroda (BoB) said that there is no knee-jerk reaction to SBI's rate cut because the bank had already cut its bulk deposit rates substantially in the last one year.

Exposure to power sub-7%, Sept 1 order to give clarity: BoB

Ranjan Dhawan does not think the impact of SC ruling will be too profound, but feels investors should wait and watch.