In January, banks had rejected SBI Caps' initial proposal on Air India's debt recast, which suggested converting a part of the carrier's debt into cumulative redeemable preference shares, with an eight per cent dividend.
UB Group Chairman Vijay Mallya has turned down suggestions from banks that he should give a personal guarantee as a precondition for additional funding to the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines.
Budget likely to list tax-exempt items as finance ministry, states agree
The government must guarantee the entire loan and the interest rate, so that there is no additional provisioning requirement.
Air India's debt recast plan has hit a deadlock with both the national carrier and banks continuing to stick to their stand even as the regulator has disapproved providing dispensation, thus only compounding the problem.
Writes to govt for legal amendment, proposes committee that'll consult other sector regulators.
The finance ministry's ambitious plan to implement portability in savings accounts has not found favour with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Prefer proposal for airline to float bonds guaranteed by govt.
The decision was taken at the State Bank of India headquarters in Mumbai on Monday when the top managements of the lenders met.
Banks face the grim possibility of a chunk of the unhedged loans turning bad.
The government has amended its laws to have a bigger say in the decision making of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by having two members on the central bank's board as compared to one now.
The question is which tool it should use to shift gear.
The idea is to save customers the inconvenience of opening and closing bank accounts or keeping multiple accounts if they have to shift to a new location or find their bank's services unsatisfactory.
More than one-third of this amount (Rs 6,000 crore or Rs 60 billion) is likely to go to the country's largest lender, State Bank of India, while the demand for most other banks is less than Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) each.
Pay healthy advance tax, but can't make up for large companies' volumes.
Bankers are working on a formula that would aim to keep the re-payment period and the net present value of the asset specified during the first restructuring intact, by increasing the interest rate.
Wants all services included in tax, with a negative list.
Central bank unhappy with North Block's EMI diktat to banks, asks for more provisioning.
The much-awaited talks between India and Mauritius over renegotiation of their tax treaty may begin soon, with India pushing for changes in the clause on the treatment of the capital gains tax.
Currently, FIIs are allowed to invest up to $10 billion in government bonds, and the limit has been almost exhausted in the first half of 2011-12.
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