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Banking System in India

India has 12 public sector banks, 22 private banks, 46 foreign banks and 1,500+ cooperative banks

India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 1969 Money & Banking

Key Facts

  1. 1

    Bank nationalisation in 1969 (14 banks) and 1980 (6 banks); SBI is largest with โ‚น60+ trillion assets

  2. 2

    Jan Dhan Yojana (2014): opened 500 million bank accounts for unbanked population โ€” world record

  3. 3

    UPI (Unified Payments Interface): India processes more digital transactions than USA + Europe + China combined

๐Ÿ“Š Did you know? India's bank nationalisation (1969) was one of Indira Gandhi's most controversial decisions โ€” took private banks into government ownership overnight

Quick Reference

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Money & Banking

Country

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India

Year / Era

1969

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India has 12 public sector banks, 22 private banks, 46 foreign banks and 1,500+ cooperative banks