The adverse impact of the rupee appreciation has gone beyond exports. The currency's climb is now affecting government infrastructure projects funded by multilateral lending agency such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Faced with abundant liquidity and flat credit off-take, banks are reversing interest rate hikes charged to large companies.In the first three months of this fiscal, most blue chips could access loans at a maximum of one to two percentage points below the PLR. Today, short-term loans (that is, for less than one year) for such companies are available between 7.5 and 9 per cent.
The loan portfolio of banks has grown by Rs 54,908 crore (Rs 549.08 billion) till September 14, representing only 3.6 per cent growth. During the same period last year, banks had lent Rs 147,657 crore (Rs 1,476.57 billion), a rise of 10.5 per cent.
Central bank fears corporate credit is finding its way to the bourses.
For a larger pie in business opportunities thrown up by the rising cross-border acquisitions by Indian companies, the country's largest bank, State Bank of India, is looking to acquire a small investment banking firm in Europe.
For tapping high growth units in special economic zones, a host of Indian banks had established offshore banking units in 2003-04 in these duty free enclaves
A severe staff crunch at the branches for managing the front desk operations has compelled the State Bank of India to resume recruitments in the clerical cadre after almost a gap of 20 years.
Banks to also charge 50-100 bps more for a second home.
Nearly 4,000 clerical cadre and staff have sought early retirement from the country's largest commercial bank, State Bank of India.
An interview with Zhan Xiangyang, director general of the world's third largest bank, with a market capitalisation of $183.85 billion.
Inflation based on the wholesale-price-index remained unchanged at 6.46 per cent for the week ended March 17 when compared to the week before. In fact, inflation is now unchanged for the last three weeks.
It is Finance Minister P Chidambaram's meeting with leaders of public sector bank unions that averted the three-day bank strike proposed from March 28.
Funds for capital recast of rural credit societies
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