Andrew Wong, Credit Analyst at Standard & Poor's expects ONGC's EBITDA to improve by at least $2.0 billion each year on average from fiscal 2014-15 once India implements natural gas price increase. Therefore, the state-run energy explorer may strengthen its cash flow and profitability from the next fiscal year, exceeding the earlier expectations, he
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Minister raises concern on rising bad loans
Finance Minister P Chidambaram raised concern about the rising non-performing assets (NPAs) in the banking system and asked banks to control it order to prevent adverse impact on profitability. Huge provisioning for NPAs is eating into the profits of state-owned banks, the minister said while addressing the annual general meeting of the Indian BanksÂ’ Association
Analysts expect good prospect for SKS Microfinance
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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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