Nine of 10 bankers who attended the meeting admitted their sanctioned loan pipeline was shrinking fast due to tepid demand.
Four years on, too little has changed
As ATMs hold huge amounts in cash and criminals use them to get to customers' cards and PIN data, electronic security is crucial
The government should step up its efforts to improve rural sanitation, for the sake of the children who die as a consequence of cultural apathy.
Microfinance institutions' deluge of problems, it seems, is never-ending.
On sarkaritel.com, a private initiative that serves as a gateway to the government, the council of ministers does not include the finance portfolio at all.
The governor had just made an elaborate presentation in defence of the central bank's decision to not to succumb to industry's demand for rate cuts in the mid-quarter policy.
The governor had just made an elaborate presentation in defence of the central bank's decision to not to succumb to industry's demand for rate cuts in the mid-quarter policy.
But weak global demand, costly imports play spoilsport
After establishing a presence in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, Icra, the rating agency and associate of Moody's in India, plans to expand further in Asia to get a slice of business from the growing bond markets.
With 1.36 million employees, the railways are one of the country's biggest employers, constituting 28 per cent of the total central government employees.
Reports that the government is considering seeking a review of that judgment are worrying.
Indian aviation has deep-rooted problems that need comprehensive and coordinated solutions, and high aviation turbine fuel pricing is certainly the most urgent.
State Bank of India and IDBI Bank have decided not to go to the IIMs this year.
Yes, provided the financial health of banks is not impaired; but there is a great risk of companies misusing rescue funds.
Bankers and industry analysts say a number of public and private sector banks have expressed willingness to offer fresh loans to Indian companies to help them repay their overseas dues maturing in the near term.
Bank will charge floating rates of interest from January.
Higher returns, more liquidity draw individual investors to savings accounts.
CDR amount jumps six times in first half; bankers expect things to worsen.
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