In order to prevent Essar Steel from approaching
the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) cell, lenders to the company provided an further loan of Rs 6,000 crore. The company borrowed this amount at an interest rate of 12.50 percent. The Ruia-group firm would use around Rs 2,000-2,500 crore of the Rs 6,000 crore to repay group com
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Srei Infra hikes base lending rate to 18%
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Banks adequately capitalised despite rising bad loans
In its annual report, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the banking system is adequately capitalised despite the rising trend in the gross non-performing assets (NPA). The gross NPA rose to 4.4 per cent of the total advances by March 2014 from 3.42 per cent a year ago.
Haryana gets Rs 221.53 cr NABARD loan for rural roads
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Indian Oil Corp to raise $500 mn loan
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Haryana gets Rs 238.65 cr loan for roads, drinking water
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