'PNB had confirmed compliance with the RBI's prescription in its circular of August 3, 2016, which has now turned out to be factually incorrect,' Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Generally, the central bank grants its approval by mid-March, or latest by March 31, but most banks have not received RBI approval on bonus packages this year.
'We have 100,000 students going abroad every year.' 'So, we have room for at least 100 universities of very high quality to service those 100,000 students.'
With banks staying out of the bond market, and foreign investors exhausting their investment limit, the question is: Who will buy the Rs 4.6 trillion bonds that will be issued from April.
According to the report, financial assets of the Indian households are predominantly in the form of bank deposits, followed by life insurance - a pattern that got disrupted after note ban
'Some business families would probably have to revert to their core businesses, which the IBC will ensure.'
The government has asked the Indian Banks' Association to make sure that IDBI Bank's wages are on a par with other banks.
Y H Malegam, 80, will head the panel that will look into non-performing bank assets and their relation to the Rs 114-bn PNB scam.
The banking sector's credibility is on thin ice. Unless the government takes strict steps, things could get worse.
It is up to the bank management to decide which application gets to interact with the CBS
The problem here is that internal auditors are good at accounts, but they are not trained to track foreign exchange transactions
The latest fraud is a failure of management supervision and accountability, as no bad debt was generated and no cash was involved
Experts said the new framework has ensured that the focus has moved to creditor protection from debtor protection.
Banks given 180-day time for NPA resolution, matter to be referred to Insolvency Board within 15 days.
Banks argued that loans of most lenders are funded primarily by retail deposits and not from the wholesale market as was the practice abroad
Stick to export-focussed plays, large-caps, say analysts
Foreign banks were ahead in terms of technology, but that is no longer the case as Indian private banks steal the innovation march.
Instead of a rate hike, or even a pause, there could be a window for the RBI for an interest rate cut
Growth impulses, while improving, remain fragile, and a rate hike will be disruptive to interest costs.
Loans, cash credits, and overdrafts at the end of December 22, 2017, stood at Rs 81,287.32 billion, against Rs 73,340 billion in the year-ago period.
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