Some finance ministry officials expressed confidence that the public sector banks (PSBs) would achieve remarkable improvement in reducing bad loans. Bad loans of state-run banks have been rising because of the slowdown in the economy and weak financial position of
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Bank credit grows 14.12%
Credit growth in the banking sector stood at 14.12 percent as of March 22 on a year-on-year (yoy) basis compared to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s target of 16 percent for 2012-13. Similarly, bank deposits expanded 14.26 percent as of March 22 on a yoy basis, compared to the central bank's comfort level of 15 percent
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RBI wants banks to mitigate risks on infra loans
In a communication to banks, the the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked lenders to take steps to mitigate loans given for infrastructure projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The RBI asked banks make provisions such as pre-determined increase in user charges for infrastructure projects in order to ensure sufficient risk mitigation. There has t
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Govt’s Rs 1.9 trillion debt recast scheme fails to enthuse SEBs
Reports indicate that the Rs 1.9 lakh crore debt restructuring package announced by the central government for state electricity boards (SEBs) has not received much response. It is learnt that no major state has yet entered into a memorandum of undertaking (MoU) with the centre for debt recast. states such as Rajasthan are negotiating with ban
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Indian Bank reduces interest rate on loans
In a company statement, state-run lender Indian Bank said it would reduce base rate by 0.30 per cent to 10.20 per cent from the existing 10.50 per cent, with effect from February 9, 2013. The statement also shows that the bank reduced its Benchmark Prime Lending Rate by 0.25 per cent from the existing 14.75 per cent to 14.50 per cent per annum with effect from February 9,
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IDBI Bank reduces interest rates by 25 bps
Effective February 1, IDBI Bank reduced its deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut policy repo rate and banks' cash reserve ratio (CRR). In its third quarter review of monetary policy, RBI cut repo rate by 0.25 per cent and slashed CRR by the same margin to inject Rs 18,000 crore of liquidity into the syst
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Banker stresses on timely nod for projects
Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO of ICICI Bank stressed on the need to ensure that the projects under implementation get the necessary last mile clearances and linkages so that the assets become productive on schedule. She said this to a leading news agency when asked about banks' exposure to large infrastructure and indus
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Banks witness faster growth in deposit recently
Deposits of commercial banks expanded by a robust Rs 62,750 crore while credit growth was relatively moderate at Rs 17,380 crore during the first fortnight of the January-March quarter, data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows. This snaps the trend of credit growth outpacing deposit growth during the October-December 2012 perio
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RBI revises norms for lending to small units
In view of the increase in price index and cost inputs, Reserve Bank of India revised sub-targets for lending to the micro and small enterprises sector. According to the new norms, banks must divert 40 per cent of total advances to the sector to micro (ma
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Ministry officials to discuss EPFO investment in IDF
Reports suggest that the officials of labour ministry and the finance ministry may soon discuss the issue of allowing EmployeesÂ’ Provident Fund Organisation to invest in infrastructure debt funds (IDF). Presently, EPFO is not allowed to invest a part of its Rs 5 lakh crore corpus in the IDF. It is learnt that the organisation, through the labour ministry, has already begu