The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the scheme of amalgamation for amalgamating Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank, with Bank of Baroda as the transferee bank and Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank as transferor banks on 02-01-2019.<\/p>\n
The amalgamation will be the first-ever three-way consolidation of banks in India, with the amalgamated bank being India’s second largest Public Sector Bank.<\/p>\n
Key points of the Scheme of amalgamation:<\/strong><\/p>\n (a) Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank are transferor banks and BoB is transferee bank.<\/p>\n (b) The scheme shall come into force on 01-04-2019.<\/p>\n (c) Upon commencement of the scheme, the undertakings of the transferor banks as a going concern shall be transferred to and shall vest in the transferee bank, including, inter alia, all business, assets, rights, titles, claims, licenses, approvals and other privileges and all property, all bor\u00adrowings, liabilities and obligations.<\/p>\n (d) Every permanent and regular officer or employee of the transferor banks shall become an officer or employee and shall hold his office or service therein in the transferee bank such that the pay and allowance offered to the employees\/officers of transferor banks shall not be less favourable as compared to what they would have drawn in the respective transferor bank.<\/p>\n (e) The Board of the transferee bank shall ensure that the interests of all transferring employees and officers of the transferor bank are protected.<\/p>\n (f) The transferee bank shall issue shares to the shareholders of transferor banks as per share exchange ratio. Shareholders of the transferee bank and transferor banks shall be entitled to raise their grievances, if any, in relation to the share exchange ratio, through an expert committee.<\/p>\n Ministry of Finance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the scheme of amalgamation for amalgamating Bank of Baroda, Vijaya <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":28141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29535,4],"tags":[30940,33133,33132,4221,33131],"class_list":["post-207834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabinet_decisions","category-legislationupdates","tag-amalgamation","tag-bank-of-baroda","tag-dena-bank","tag-merger","tag-vijaya-bank"],"yoast_head":"\n