The government has given the green signal to the follow up public offer of UCO Bank by the end of this year. This comes a year after Indian Bank and Central Bank were allowed to tap the capital markets, with an IPO. UCO Bank will raise Rs 300-400 crore by offering 10 crore shares to the public, reducing the government's stake to just over 50%. But before this, UCO's equity base will be restructured with 300 crore of equity to be converted into preference capital.