Private Banks Excel In Twin Touchstones: Deposits And Lending Without Mishaps by S Murlidharan - Mar 17, 2021 05:19 PM INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/GettyImages The Modi government has clearly set out a clear road map. One hopes the two-day strike by employees of public sector banks (PSBs) with dark hints of more to come does not deter the Union government from its determination to privatise PSBs. To be sure, the government did not entirely cave in to the demands of the agitating farmers by staying firm on not withdrawing the three farm bills but its offer to keep them in suspended animation for 18 months showed signs of cracking up if not of pusillanimity in the government.