According to ICRA, the gross non performing assets ratios of state-run banks was stable at 2.4% for the first half of the fiscal year, while the same number for the State Bank of India Group rose to 4.3% from 4%.

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ICICI, a former state development bank, will put the group in the league of State Bank of India, the country's biggest bank.

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It turns out 120 feature films a year, has four stock exchanges (including the third largest in the world), some 6, 500 factories and is headquarters for major companies such as the Tata Group, Reliance and the State Bank of India.

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