According to a study, the return on assets (RoA) of nationalised banks was lower than that of private banks during 2010-13. Further, state-run banks lost market share by 1.3 per cent over the last four years to private and foreign banks, the study shows. Nationalised banks lost 0.5 per cent and SBI 0.8 per cent of the market share. As far as private sector banks are concerned, the new private banks (NPBs)gained market share by 1 per cent and the old private banks (OPB
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Gujarat Gas may face low gas volume
Some analysts feel that the gas volume of Gujarat Gas Co. may be muted in the coming months because of falling domestic output of natural gas. The company may hesitate to import regassified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) as it is costlier than domestically produced gas. Also, most of Gujarat Gas consumers are from the industrial segment and this limits the companyÂ’s ability to increase costs, some analy
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GMR confident of servicing debt
Media reports indicate that GMR Infrastructure does not face problem on servicing its debt as the firm feels most of the debt has been ring-fenced over the cash flow of specific projects. In 2012-13, the company paid Rs 608 crore as interest charges, higher than 31 per cent from the previous year. As of end-2013, the firm had a net debt of Rs 33,700 crore, up 15 per cent from the previous finan
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Analysts expect good prospect for SKS Microfinance
Some analysts feel that SKS Microfinance has good business prospects as it revamped its business model following the crisis in the microfinance sector in Andhra Pradesh. The microfinance institution (MFI), which was incurring loss since early 2011, posted profit after a long gap in December 2012 quarter.
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Essar Ports chief feels its debt level is reasonable
Rajiv Agarwal, MD and CEO of Essar Port is quoted as saying that the debt level of the company (Rs 5,700 crore) was reasonable for the size of the firm. The firm has an equity of about Rs 2,800 crore and a debt of about 5,800 crore. The company is making efforts to reduce the interest cost, he is quoted as saying in a media
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NPAs of state-run banks rise in FY13
Owing to high interest rate and slowdown in the economy, non performing assets (NPAs) with the public sector banks (PSBs) rose about 90 basis points year-on-year during 2012-13. However, their peers in the private sector managed to avoid rise in NPAs because of better risk management and low exposure to risky
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Fitch affirms ratings for RIL
Fitch Rating affirmed Reliance Industries' (RIL) long-term foreign currency issuer default rating at 'BBB-' and LT local currency IDR at 'BBB'. In a statement, the agency said the outlook on the foreign currency issues default rating is stable while the same for local currency IDR is positive
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Net profit of ONGC declines
For the year ended March 31, 2013, the net profit of state-run energy explorer ONGC declined to Rs 209,257.00 million from Rs 251,229.20 million in the previous year. The firm's total Income rose to Rs 884,521.50 million for the year ended March 31, 2013 from Rs 809,954.20 million in the previous year
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GAIL to strengthen LNG trading segment
Public sector firm Gail wants to strengthen its liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading business as it may reduce the dependence of the company's earnings on the uncertain transmission segment. BC Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director of the company said this in an analyst call. The trading segment of the company involves import of LNG cargoes into the country and then selling them in the spot
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Net profit of IOC rises 14.53% in March quarter
Net profit of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) rose 14.53 per cent to Rs 14,513 crore during January-March 2013 compared to Rs 12,671 crore in the year-ago period. The rise in profit is attributed to the higher subsidy amount it received from the government for selling petroleum products below the market price