Corporate Governance Interventions and Performance of Indian Banks

The impact of micro-level interventions initiated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the basis of the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Corporate Governance is supposed to be reflected in the post-implementation period financial indicators of Indian banks. On the basis of 22 samples, the empirical study of the last five years, both at the aggregate and group levels, however, provides an inconclusive inference about the association of governance and performance. The statistically insignificant relationships and non-impact on key variables like asset quality, cost of capital, capital adequacy and profitability suggest that in the Indian context, corporate governance (CG) appears to be a non-determinant factor