NPAs, cost, fee income, productivity, HR reorientation are focus areas; schedules drawn for addressing all from weeks to a year.
For 2014-15, the bill on this account is likely to be 12.8% more than in 2013-14.
Only Rs 3,000 cr has been disbursed. Over 80% of these transfers were for cooking gas subsidy.
Details of identity and residence will not be required for exchange of notes between April 1 and June 30.
To check fiscal deficit, government needs to drastically cut Plan expenditure.
Bankers and executives involved in ATM operations said challenges abounded in this segment.
The fourth finance ministerial meeting, to be held in New Delhi, will have Finance Minister P Chidambaram from the Indian side and Hyun Oh-seok, Deputy Prime Minister and minister of strategy and finance, from South Korea.
Common return for excise duty and service tax was envisaged when 119 services were taxed.
Say 30 days not enough to resolve stress; want higher provision norms deferred till economy picks up
At present, there is no cap on free transactions at own-bank ATMs, while customers can use other banks' machines up to five times a month without any extra cost.
Years of wait before DTC, GST are rolled out
Having faced a debacle in four Assembly elections recently, the UPA government is exploring ways to woo voters before the coming general elections - without deviating from the path of fiscal consolidation.
Delays in returning money for disputed transactions have also come under RBI's scanner.
Survey likely to be tabled in July by the new government.
The term of the last chairman of the pension regulator, Yogesh Agarwal, was cut short by the finance ministry in November.
Strategy being reworked to launch ETFs, revive Suuti; proceeds may be Rs 24k crore
The proposal to levy a 'super-rich' tax, at the rate of 35 per cent, on those earning more than Rs 10 crore a year might not receive support of the Union Cabinet.
Apart from the much-reported constitutional and political hurdles on a national Goods and Services Tax (GST), there is another basic one. Barely half of dealers in the country have a Permanent Account Number (PAN) from the tax department.
Revenue dept says changes in I-T Act require Parliament nod; new regime to wait till Budget in June-July 2014.
Based on this screening, the committee may weed out applications that do not meet the eligibility yardstick or the 'fit and proper' criteria for securing a licence.
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