The Indian government is trying hard to bring down the interest rates in order to counter the economic slowdown. Indian finance minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, met with heads of private as well as PSU banks and advised them to lower lending rates.
Expectedly, several public sector lenders were first to follow the advise. SBI have lowered their prime lending rates to 13%. Bank of Baroda, Allahabad Bank, Syndicate Bank, Central Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Corporation Bank have reduced lending rates by 75 bps to 13.25% with effect from November 10. Dena Bank cut its PLR to 13.5% from 14.25% and, among foreign banks, Citibank lowered its benchmark lending rates by 50 bps to 15% with immediate effect.
I have noticed SBI is marketing this very aggressively these days on TV and other channels. is it worth shifting home loans to SBI from Axis bank?