Four members of the Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) were not in favour of the central bank cutting repo rate in the May 3 Annual Policy meeting. On May 3, the central bank reduced the repo rate (the interest rate at which banks borrow short-term funds from the central bank) from 7.50 per cent to 7.25 per c
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Net profit of PNB declines 21%
Net profit of state-owned Punjab National Bank declined almost 21 percent to Rs 1,131 crore during January-March 2013 owing to rise in provisions. The state-run firm witnessed 44 percent rise in provisions on a year-on-year basis to Rs 1,478 crore. Total provisions were inclusive of all components like loans, investment and gratuity
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Survey highlights need to boost funding for MSMEs
Government must take steps to promote flow of funding to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in order to ensure growth in the sector. According to a Ficci-Grant Thornton survey, inadequate credit facility is one of the factors that thwart the expansion plant of majority of companies in the sector
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Net profit of State Bank of Hyderabad falls 21%
During Jan-Mar 2013, net profit of State Bank of Hyderabad fell 21 per cent to Rs 379 crore compared to Rs 481 crore in the year-ago period. For the full year 2012-13, net profit declined 3.70 per cent at Rs 1,250 crore (Rs 1,298 crore). Total business grew by 16.9 per cent to Rs 2,10,532
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IMF deputy head expects 5.8% economic growth
In 2013-14, the Indian economy may expand 5.8 per cent and in 2014-15 it may grow 6.3 per cent, Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF said. This compares to an average growth rate of 8.7 per cent for the five years prior to the global financial crisis, he said
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IMF deputy head expects 5.8 per cent economic growth
In 2013-14, the Indian economy may expand 5.8 per cent and in 2014-15 it may grow 6.3 per cent, Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF said. This compares to an average growth rate of 8.7 per cent for the five years prior to the global financial crisis, he said
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Net profit of Andhra Bank rises
During Jan-Mar 2013, the net profit of Andhra Bank rose 1.5 per cent to Rs 345 crore compared from Rs 340 crore in the year-ago period. The state-run bank posted 15 per cent growth in total income at Rs 3,713 crore compared to Rs 3,229 crore in the corresponding period last year. While net interest margin was in the range of 3.04 per cent, the bank posted 17 per cent and 18.4 per cent grow
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Ahluwalia urges pvt sector to invest $500 bn in infra projects
With the government consolidating its fiscal position, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia urged private sector to contribute no less than 50 per cent of the estimated investment in infrastructure in the 12th five year plan (2012-17). It may be noted that the government estimated $1 trillion investment in infrastructure during this period. Ahluwalia said there are zero prospects of the gove
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Chinese steel usage may grow 3.5% in 2013
According to a forecast by World Steel Association (WSA), consumption of steel in China may grow 3.5 per cent in 2013 to 668.8 mn t, following a 1.9 per cent increase in 2012. But the association expects steel demand growth in China to slow in 2014 to 2.5 per cent on the back of the local government's measures to control investment in an effort to re-balance the
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WSA reduces growth forecast for steel usage
According to a recent report of the World Steel Association (WSA), the growth of the global apparent steel usage (ASU) may decline to 2.9 percent in 2013. The association had earlier forecast the growth rate at 3.2 percent in its October 2012 release. Demand for steel may be subdued because of macroeconomic events like the Eurozone crisis, slowdown in the Chinese economy and U