New Delhi, May 28 -- The government is set to review credit flow and banking operations with heads of public sector banks, even as state-owned lenders posted their strongest financial performance in years.

The Finance Ministry will convene a meeting of heads of all public sector banks (PSBs) on May 29, to be chaired by Financial Services Secretary M. Nagaraju - notably, a day before his retirement, PTI reported.

The review will assess credit flow to the agriculture and MSME sectors and examine banking operations in the light of the ongoing Middle East crisis.

Key Agenda Items

The meeting will cover a wide range of operational and strategic issues, including the functioning and financial performance of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), prog...