Set to be allowed to apply for bank licences in the final guidelines expected by the end of the month
Company has taken preliminary tests of 1,181 candidates from state ITI.
The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to reduce the repo rate for the first time in nine months when it announces its third quarter policy review.
Also on the cards could be the first interest rate reduction in nine months.
FinMin advice to include brokers & realty firms, debate over entry of industrial houses slow the process.
Thomas Mathew T, managing director, tells Manojit Saha and M Saraswathy about the LIC's strategy and growth plans.
Tagged as a sleepy, regional lender till a few years earlier, the bank's stock was not much talked about in the investors' community.
While the peak holiday season failed to bring in much business to the hotel industry, the online travel booking space has done reasonably well.
Chidambaram also asks these not to rush for bulk deposits to bloat balance sheets.
Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), which witnessed labour unrest at its Manesar facility, is set to complete the process of regularisation of contract workers at the unit by November-end.
Going all out to market the all new Alto 800, pricing the base variant of the new car lower than the outgoing model, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), today said it will start exporting the car from Gujarat's Mundra port from December this year. The first export market is likely to be Chile in South America.
Move significant as new banking licences under his purview.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks not to treat Kingfisher Airlines' brand as collateral since it is intangible. This is because the loan has turned non-performing for most of the banks.
Seek easing of asset classification guidelines for better credit flow.
The sources said the ministry had agreed with the RBI's views that at a time when the country had a high fiscal deficit, the move might not be appropriate.
As expected, land prices in the region have shot through the roof in the last three to four months, rising about 12 times compared to prices a couple of years earlier.
Nestle India, the subsidiary of Swiss dairy major Nestle, is all geared to set up its ninth plant in the country. The company had acquired about 50 acres of land at Sanand, nearly 30 kilometres from Ahmedabad, for a manufacturing plant, said Gujarat government officials.
In a recent communication to the bank chiefs, the ministry has said all such loans to the corporate sector can be sanctioned only after board approval and need to be backed by securities within six months of sanctioning, failing which the loan would need to be phased out.
It had asked govt banks to reduce these and certificates of deposits to a combined 15% of total deposits
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