For the last six months or so, officials in the department of financial services and the public sector bank brass had been brainstorming to move ahead with the long-pending consolidation plan. But it was not until Friday afternoon that even the bank chiefs were informed about the combinations that had been worked out by the government.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/how-tech-platform-sealed-the-fate/articleshow/70918397.cms