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Public Sector Banks (PSBs) play significant role in the growth and development of an economy. Growing NPAs causing lower profitability for the Banks in India especially in the public sector banks. Basel III prescribed stringent norms compared to the norms prescribed by Basel II. PSBs sufficiently comply the requirements of the Basel III and RBI norms. Present study aimed to find the relationships between bank Capital, Banking regulations, Bank risk, liquidity and bank profitability of public sector banks in India. It was found that where Basel II era positively impacted the profitability of public sector banks in India stringent guidelines of Basel III had a negative impact on banks profitability. Non-Performing assets and liquidity had negatively impacted profitability of public sector banks.