What is the difference between Nationalized Bank and Public Sector Bank?

April 22, 2010 June 20, 2018

Nationalization is an act of taking an industry or assets into the public ownership of a national government. Nationalization refers to private assets being transferred to the public sector to be operated by or owned by the state. So there is no difference between a nationalized bank and a public sector Bank. The opposite of nationalization is privatization. The Banks which were earlier in private sector were transferred to the public Sector by the act of nationalization. The first nationalized bank was Imperial Bank of India (under the SBI Act of 1955) and re-christened as State Bank of India (SBI) in July 1955. In 1969 , 14 banks were nationalized and in 1980, the second phase of nationalization of Indian banks took place, in which 7 more banks were nationalized. Currently total 26 public sector banks in India all were Nationalized over a period of time.

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5 Comments

  1. balaviswanath

    December 22, 2017 at 9:43 am

    In 3rd statement it is showing that nationalized banks are public sector banks, but in last statement it is telling that 26 public sector banks are nationalized.

    I am in a confusion between these two statements. Can you help me to understand this.

  2. ravi teja

    December 26, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    Here they said currently there were 26 psb’s which were nationalized over a period of time

  3. N SHIVAKUMAR

    May 4, 2018 at 4:50 pm

    All nationalization bank s are public sector banks “vice-versa it is not.. why

  4. shafali

    August 10, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    yes, there is no difference b/w both but a little difference is that nationalized bank is those which are nationalized into two phrases 1969 to 1980.These banks were established under Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Acts, 1970 and 1980.otherwise all are public banks

  5. SUJATHA

    December 11, 2018 at 5:19 pm

    There is no difference easily tell them your side but the bank currently working which side nationalized bank pubic sector or not please tell us clearly advisable.

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