Thirteen foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals, worth Rs 1,258.53 crore, were cleared recently by the Union government. The FDI proposals include request to invest Rs 755 crore by Shantha Biotech acquired by French company Sanofi Aventis.
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Dr. Samantak Das’s reaction on RBI’s decision to hike repo rate
RBI has once again shown its stance towards curbing inflationary pressures. By doing so, there is a substantial compromise being made towards the country's GDP growth.
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Banks borrowed Rs 185.02 bn via MSF on Oct 28: RBI
Agency reports say that banks borrowed Rs 185.02 billion ($3.01 billion) from the Reserve Bank of India's marginal standing facility (MSF) window on October 28, lower than the Rs 270.29 billion on October 25.
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Govt banks recover only Rs 1,461 cr loans in Q1
In the last June-quarter, government-owned banks recovered only Rs 1,416 crore from loan defaulters while adding more than twice that amount by way of non-performing assets during the same period. Such recoveries have mostly come from smaller borrowers, even as the Union Finance Ministry is focused on the top 30 non-performing accounts in public sector banks.
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Chidambaram to initiate fresh fiscal reforms
Stressing the need of foreign investments' flow into the country, the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on October 24 hinted at introducing fresh round of financial sector reforms.
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RBI may hike repo rate by 25 bps
In its continues fight against inflation, the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to raise the repo rate by another 25 basis points. The RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is expected to take this measure when he makes his next monetary policy announcement on October 29, several economists say.
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Gujarat to ask for higher share in Central taxes
When the fourteenth Finance Commission visits Gujarat for two-days on October 28 and 29, the State government will demand for higher allocation of Central taxes from the Commission. The State government will submit a memorandum demanding higher allocation of Central taxes to the state.
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RBI tightens norms for UCBs to utilise ‘at par’ cheques
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened norms for utilising 'at par' cheques issued by scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) to cooperative banks for better transparency and supervisory control over co-operative banks.
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Banks will come out of problems: Catholic Syrian Bank
Catholic Syrian Bank has hoped that banking industry in the country will be able to overcome problems of bad loans and credit squeeze and regain its past glory in a short time.
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RBI to auction inflation indexed bonds on Oct 30
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the sale 1.44 per cent inflation indexed 'government stock-2023' for a notified amount of Rs 10 billion through price based auction, say media reports. The auction will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India on October 30.