Synopsis Bank of Maharashtra, Bank of India, and IOB are the frontrunners for being privatised. Central Bank of India may be taken up based on its financial recovery. Punjab & Sind Bank and UCO Bank, the other two lenders that were not merged as a part of the public sector bank consolidation, are not being considered for privatisation yet, officials said. Agencies Banks will be nudged to exit their non-core businesses to improve their financials before privatisation The government plans to dress up state run lenders’ balance sheets through capital support and sale of non-core assets among o...