19th November, 2003
Ministry of Finance  


CLARIFICATION BY FINANCE MINISTRY


Responding to reports appearing in a section of the Press that the Government is planning to reduce cap on Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holdings in private banks, from 49 percent to 26 percent, it is clarified that at the current moment no such decision has been taken by the Government of India in this regard. Neither has any official communication been issued in the matter.