Mirroring the continuing slowdown in Indian economy, bank credit to all major sectors, barring personal loans, continued to grow at a slower pace than last year, said the country's apex bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data. RBI's sectoral credit data said that personal loans showed a rise of 16.3 per cent in May this year, compared to 13 per cent in May last year.
Category: Infrastructure Finance
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NMDC to decide on subscribing Legacy’s rights issue
Media reports indicate that National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) would decide on whether to participate in the rights issue to be offered by Legacy Iron Ore, in which the former holds 49.6 per cent stake. Legacy Iron Ore is the Australian arm of NMDC, which is the largest shareholder in the former. Some reports indicate that NMDC would acquire rights equivalent to its 49.6 per cent stake in Legacy Iron Ore by s
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Govt to develop financial markets to attract investment
Media reports indicate that the government may take steps to develop financial markets in the country, as part of its economic reform drive. In this regard, the government may launch financial instruments intended to encourage foreign sovereign wealth funds to invest long-term money in India. The Indian government is desperately trying to attract foreign investment into the Indian financial market in order to bridge the high current account defic
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Govt to develop financial markets to attract investment
Media reports indicate that the government may take steps to develop financial markets in the country, as part of its economic reform drive. In this regard, the government may launch financial instruments intended to encourage foreign sovereign wealth funds to invest long-term money in India. The Indian government is desperately trying to attract foreign investment into the Indian financial market in order to bridge the high current account defic
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Banks will get conservative in lending to infrastructure
Infrastructure developers won't really complain about the process of funding for their projects. Their problems remain getting the projects cleared for takeoff. BA Prabhakar, Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Bank, speaking with Sumantra Das, explains the recent uncertainties and opportunities in infrastructure lending.
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State-run firms eye Brazilian field
State-run oil and gas companies in India plan to pool their resources to bid for the Libra field, located 180 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in the Santos basin, Brazil.
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Regulatory fund for coal
The Central Government would set up a fund called "The Coal Regulatory Authority Fund" to credit all grants, fee and charges received by the authority. After passing of the Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2013, details would be worked out and submitted to the
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RBI keeps CRR unchanged
A resolute Reserve Bank of India (RBI) refrained from reducing policy repo rate in its mid-quarter review of monetary policy on 17 June 2013 citing the persistently high food inflation even though general inflation has declined.
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Dena Bank to strengthen in east
Ashwani Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank said the bank decided to strengthen its footprint in the eastern part of the country especially in West Bengal and Bihar.
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Road concessionaires allowed to sell out projects
In the highway sector, the Union government paved the way for developers to exit projects in between by diluting equity in favour of an interested company.