Rise in NRI deposits pushed up India's per capita external debt by 17.55 per cent to Rs 21,493 in one year period ending March 2014, government said in the Rajya Sabha.
Bank of China Limited launched on Thursday the world's biggest initial public offering in six years in Hong Kong stock exchange.
Official sources said all the banks, where Naik's and his organisation's accounts were in operation, have been asked to immediately freeze those till further directions.
Dr Y Venugopal Reddy, Governor of Reserve Bank of India, in a meeting with chief executives of major commercial banks on Tuesday presented the Mid-Term Review of the Annual Monetary and Credit Policy for the Year 2006-07.
The bank is also mulling a mega Tier 2 bond issue in June-July 2006 to support credit growth.
In a move that may put pressure on housing and other consumer loans, Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday hiked its short term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent.
In a move that may put pressure on housing and other consumer loans, Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday hiked its short term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent.
'Today, bankers don't want to take risks as the good decisions taken by them were not protected.' 'There is risk involved in all decisions, like businessmen taking risks in their businesses.' 'A banker must have taken a decision when the economic condition was different, and you cannot question him on the basis of the present situation in hindsight.' 'Naturally, this has affected the morale of bankers.'
Cairn Energy of UK has secured a $1 billion banking facility to fund its Rajasthan oil field development plan.
Second-tier NBFC stocks are trading at 24.4x their trailing earnings, which is nearly twice their 15-year average of 13.9x
A Reserve Bank of India-constituted internal group has recommended that interest income from NRI deposits may be taxed like domestic deposits consistent with current account convertibility. \n\n
Most banks complain that without adequate user fees, ATMs are a loss-making business for them
State Bank of India chairman A K Purwar said on Tuesday the bank will complete acquisition of Giro Commercial Bank of Kenya and PT Bank Indo Monex of Indonesia in two months.\n