Banking sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. Today’s banking sector becoming more complex. Evaluating Indian banking sector is not an easy task. There are so many factors, which need to be taken care while differentiating good banks from bad ones. Performance evaluation of the banking sector is an effective measure and indicator to check the soundness of economic activities of an economy. The contribution of RBI and other policy maker, the banking industry has witnessed regulatory requirements like BASEL III norms. These regulatory changes have influenced prominent improvement in efficiency and performance of the Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks in the past few years. In the present study an attempt was made to evaluate the performance & financial soundness of select Public Sector Banks like BOB, BOI, Canara Bank, SBI, PNB and Union Bank using CAMEL approach from 2013 to 2016. It is observed that on an average SBI was at the top most position followed by bank of BOB and PNB.  It is also observed that Canara Bank was at the bottom most position in selected CAMEL ratios.

KEY WORDS: CAMEL, PSBs, BASEL.