The State Bank of India has terminated the lease for its Global Markets Unit (GMU) premises in Kolkata, a move that has drawn objections from a civil society forum, which has urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to intervene and stop any closure of the unit without regulatory approval. An SBI notice dated January 14, 2026, issued to a vendor, stated that the bank is terminating the lease for the 11th to 16th floors of the Jeevan Sudha Building on Jawaharlal Nehru Road in central Kolkata, which housed the foreign exchange and global markets unit. The notice provides a one-month period to vacate, signalling the bank's intent to leave the premises as part of its plan to consolidate treasury and forex operations in Mumbai. The bank used to operate its GMU and some international operations from Jeevan Sudha Building. However, the bank has a massive building, Samriddhi Bhavan, located at 1, Strand Road on the banks of the Hooghly, which serves as a major hub housing several SBI ...