Suvashree Dey Choudhury, Douglas Busvine, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Devidutta Tripathy And Rafael Nam

Stories by Suvashree Dey Choudhury, Douglas Busvine, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Devidutta Tripathy And Rafael Nam

Postal department to apply for bank licence: official

Postal department to apply for bank licence: official

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2013

The department has a network of more than 150,000 post offices across the country.

India to take action to stem rupee fall as necessary: Rajan

India to take action to stem rupee fall as necessary: Rajan

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2013

Rupee, he said, is not in shambles and "we should not be overtly pessimistic".

India raises debt limits for long-term foreign investors

India raises debt limits for long-term foreign investors

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2013

SEBI has raised the investment limits for foreign investors.

Chidambaram seeks to soothe investors' nerves

Chidambaram seeks to soothe investors' nerves

Rediff.com   11 Jun 2013

India's record current account deficit has been a key reason behind why Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings cut their outlooks on the country's sovereign rating to 'negative' last year.

Excessive reliance on forex borrowing risky: RBI

Excessive reliance on forex borrowing risky: RBI

Rediff.com   11 Jun 2013

Heightened volatility makes the debt rollovers difficult.

RBI fines Axis, HDFC, ICICI banks for rule violations

RBI fines Axis, HDFC, ICICI banks for rule violations

Rediff.com   10 Jun 2013

The RBI said it had not found initial evidence of money laundering against the three banks.

Grounded Kingfisher Airlines posts Rs 2,142 crore loss

Grounded Kingfisher Airlines posts Rs 2,142 crore loss

Rediff.com   31 May 2013

The company had dent of about Rs 14,070 crore.

NO CASE for S&P ratings downgrade: Mayaram

NO CASE for S&P ratings downgrade: Mayaram

Rediff.com   20 May 2013

Mayaram said the concerns over the pace of implementing economic reforms were "overstated".

Car makers endure worst sales streak in history

Car makers endure worst sales streak in history

Rediff.com   10 May 2013

Economic gloom and rising ownership costs have savaged sales.

Jet set to order over 100 planes at airshow

Jet set to order over 100 planes at airshow

Rediff.com   10 May 2013

Jet has already confirmed an order for 50 737-MAX planes together with up to 10 777-300ERS from Boeing.

Boeing to compensate AI for Dreamliner grounding

Boeing to compensate AI for Dreamliner grounding

Rediff.com   3 May 2013

The carrier expects to restart Dreamliner operations for domestic flights by mid-May, Ajit Singh said.

RBI may sweeten rate cut with lower cash reserve ratio

RBI may sweeten rate cut with lower cash reserve ratio

Rediff.com   2 May 2013

The majority view remains for the central bank to leave the cash reserve ratio unchanged at 4 per cent.

Indian hedge funds dare where foreign investors fear

Indian hedge funds dare where foreign investors fear

Rediff.com   29 Apr 2013

Can the Indian hedge fund managers convince the wealthy to take up the expensive investment strategy?

Govt may shift cash hoard to commercial banks

Govt may shift cash hoard to commercial banks

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2013

Keeping that much money out of the banking system has created a liquidity deficit that has forced banks to borrow as much as RS 1.6 trillion from the central bank to meet daily funding needs.

Tata Tele to give up some airwaves to save surcharges

Tata Tele to give up some airwaves to save surcharges

Rediff.com   17 Apr 2013

Will give up extra airwaves in 15 service areas but will retain 3.75 megahertz in the Delhi and Mumbai.

FM to woo American investors to fund current account gap

FM to woo American investors to fund current account gap

Rediff.com   14 Apr 2013

His officials are working on a series of steps to attract at least $20 billion in new investment to fund the deficit without depleting India's $300 billion in forex reserves.

Kingfisher submits plan to restart airline: CEO

Kingfisher submits plan to restart airline: CEO

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2013

The parent company, UB Group, is willing to pump in money.

Idea Cellular gets tax demand, may challenge order

Idea Cellular gets tax demand, may challenge order

Rediff.com   5 Apr 2013

The company and a unit had received tax demands from authorities over a restructuring exercise approved by courts more than three years ago.

India tightens limits on foreign investment in T-bills

India tightens limits on foreign investment in T-bills

Rediff.com   2 Apr 2013

While the country imposed limits, it also eased and simplified other restriction to attract foreign inflows. This is done to plug record current account deficit.

Investor pessimism in India overdone: Deutsche

Investor pessimism in India overdone: Deutsche

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2013

It believes that BSE Sensex will reach 22,500 by December-end.