Breaking! Govt has announced to sell 8% stake in Central Bank of India

The Government of India has announced 8% stake sale in Central Bank of India via an offer for sale (OFS).

Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited has been appointed as the broker for the seller in the transaction.

What is OFS?

OFS stands for Offer for Sale. It is a process in which the Government or a company sells its shares to investors through the stock exchange. In this case, the Government of India has announced an OFS to sell an 8% stake in Central Bank of India

Shares of Central Bank of India declined as much as 6.5% after this announcement was made by the Government.

In addition, the Centre retained the option to sell an equal number of shares under the oversubscription option. The OFS, if the green shoe option is exercised, is likely to be worth around ₹2,455 crore, based on the closing price of the bank’s stock on Thursday.

Currently, the government holds 89.27% stake in the bank.

Important Points about OFS

 According to the offer document, at least 10% of the offer shares will be reserved for retail investors, while 75,00,000 equity shares have been earmarked for eligible employees of the bank.

 Retail investors will also be eligible to bid at the cut-off price under the OFS mechanism

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RTGS &NEFT PAYMENT IN APRIL 2026

RTGS & NEFT payments in April 2026. 

RTGS total payments by all Govt, Private,  Foreign,  Grameen Banks and Co-operate Banks was Rs.1,92,48,589 crore in April 2026 .

Banks which have done payment of   atleast 1% of RTGS ( Rs.1,92,485 crore )were as per RBI data  as follows: 

Rs. In crore.  Payment.            % to total

HDFC Bank.         40,55,877.      21.07%

State Bank.          24,50,840.       12.73%

ICICI Bank.          22,47,253.        11.67%

Axis Bank.           16,58,533.          8.62%

Kotak Mahindra   5,79,452.          3.01%

Punjab National. 4,68,265.           2.43%

Yes Bank.              4,65,428.           2.42%

Canara Bank.        3,69,876.          1.92%

Bank of Baroda.   3,56,314.          1.85%

Union Bank.          3,55,684.           1.85%

Bank of India.       3,25,865.           1.69%

IDBI Bank.             2,71,650.            1.41%

Indusind Bank.     2,17,045.           1.13%

Foreign Banks 

Citi Bank.            6,46,646.            3.36%

Deutsche Bank  5,13,940.           2.67%

HSBC.                  3,89,506.           2.02%

All other Banks are doing less business in RTGS payments especially Metro cities and urban Towns. State Bank is the only Government Bank giving tough competition in Current accounts and big Customers as compared to Private top four Private Banks. 

Indian Bank,  Indian Overseas Bank,  Bank of Maharashtra,  Central Bank of India,  were nowhere near small Private Banks also.  In case of UCO Bank and Punjab Sind Bank  they are diminishing slowly. 

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Let us see NEFT payments also in April month 2026. 

Total NEFT payments in April month 2026 were Rs. 44,24,471 crore. 1% works out to Rs.44,244 crore. Banks NEFT payments above 1% were as under : 

Rs. In crore.      NEFT payments.      % to total

State Bank.         5,23,190.                11.82%

HDFC Bank.        4,83,442.                10.92%

Axis Bank.           4,38,387.                  9.90%

ICICI Bank.          4,00,575.                  9.05%

Yes Bank.            3,19,312.                   7.21%

Kotak Mahindra. 1,23,789.                 2.79%

Bank of Baroda.     68,272.                 1.54%

IDBI Bank                 64,709.                 1.46%

Punjab National .   64,024.                 1.44%

IDFC First Bank.     61,914.                 1.39%

Union Bank.             58,794.                 1.33%

Indusind Bank.       52,214.                  1.18%

Foreign Banks 

Citi Bank.             2,13,564.              4.82%

HSBC Bank.        1,47,905.              3.34%

Deutsche Bank. 1,10,724.              2.50%

Stanchart Bank  1,07,024.             2.41% 

The above comments in RTGS topic applies in NEFT payments also. Except SBI all other Government Banks are loosing ground in Metro cities and Urban Towns , in attracting big industrial Customers and Big business men .