President Pranab Mukherjee has given his nod to the ordinance dealing with the banking sector's non-performing loans and the amendment to the Banking Act, television channels reported on Friday.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley declined to comment on the ordinance.

Jaitley had said late on Wednesday that the cabinet had taken some significant decisions related to the banking sector, without revealing details saying the decisions needed Presidential assent.

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