The RBI on Friday said it will give banks Rs 1 trillion through targeted long-term repo operations (TLTROs), of up to three-year maturity, to deploy in "investment-grade corporate bonds, commercial paper, and non-convertible debentures over and above the outstanding level of their investments in these bonds as of March 27, 2020."
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
Offloading shares in ONGC, CIL, NHPC may fetch govt more than the year's target.
In addition, he will have to move swiftly to control any damage that may have been caused to the bank's image and investor confidence due to the loan controversy
The players, who have signed up for this year's Indian Premier League, might not be paid if the T20 league is called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Why are family floater plans so very important? Anil Rego answered readers' queries in an online chat on October 7
'Mr Modi has inherited a system that taxes businessmen and fritters the money away over ministries.'
Enthused by India's financial inclusion drive, US-based Accion, one of the biggest micro finance organisations in the world, has renewed its focus in India. Michael Schlein, bottom, left, chief executive officer of Accicon, tells Namrata Acharya in an email interview the Wall Street and Silicon Valley are eager to participate in opportunities presented by the issuance of the small finance and payment bank licences, the expanded banking correspondent opportunities, and the Jan-Dhan Yojna.
Rogue lending under political influence was rife in the Congress-led regime and is not happening in the Modi regime, certainly not on that scale. But if PSBs cannot lend as indiscriminately as they did last time in the name of 'credit expansion', how well will these banks do, asks Debashis Basu.
If the nominations are not in place, the heirs need to go through a lengthy process to get access to the money cautions Bindisha Sarang.
Despite strong AUM growth, MFs lag behind other popular investment avenues. MFs received only 6 per cent of total household savings in 2021-2022.
If there were an Olympics for bank frauds in India, Rishi Agarwal, founder and former chairman of ABG Shipyard Ltd, a nephew of the Ruia brothers of the Essar group, would bag the gold, pushing Nirav Modi to his right, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Bharti Retail launched its first mall, The Pavilion, in Ludhiana.
India's equity markets are on a roller-coaster ride, after delivering spectacular returns for two consecutive years - in 2020 and 2021. The benchmark National Stock Exchange's (NSE's) Nifty50 is down 1.5 per cent in the first nine months of the current calendar year 2022 (CY22) as foreign portfolio investors sold Indian stocks due to rising bond yields in the US and across global markets, including India. The sell-off in the Indian equity markets has, however, not been broad-based and largely limited to sectors facing earnings headwinds from rising interest rates, lower commodity and energy prices, and likely economic recession in advanced economies.
Fund managers weren't too worried in 2014, as it was a year of positive surprises.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
The Code on Social Security, 2020 gives a lot of comfort to gig firms which recognise cab drivers or food delivery executives as 'independent contractors' who directly do business with customers with the help of their digitised platforms.
'Periods of high volatility are usually bad for mid-caps and this is something that has to be kept in mind.' 'Focus on quality is of paramount importance.'
In Chanda's defence, one can always say, why would the Videocon Group take care of her husband as a quid pro quo to get a loan? After all, the group has taken money from the entire banking industry and ICICI Bank's share in the pie is not even 10 per cent. So, if it had a quid pro quo with Chanda to get the money, it must have had similar arrangements with other banks, too. If this is not the case, one must accept that it had got money from all banks, including ICICI, without any under-the-table conditions, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Following is the Facebook post of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on one-year of the BJP-led NDA government.
With the frontline Indian benchmark indices trading near all-time highs ahead of the general elections that begin later this week, Marc Faber, Editor and Publisher of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report" tells Puneet Wadhwa that the Indian stock market is relatively expensive, especially the index (large-cap) stocks.
Experts say one in every four mental health problems is due to depression and anxiety at the workplace.
More asset sales may be only way out, though most of the group companies' ratings have been downgraded and their combined market value is now a fraction of their combined debt.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created a flutter with his first Independence Day speech. While diverted the national attention to social issues, Modi smartly avoided political traps.
It might not offer adequate cover for all the costs you incur during delivery, but will give protection against unforeseen complications, says Yashish Dahiya, co-founder and CEO, Policybazaar.com
The central bank is the money manager of the government, and not a guarantor of any debt.
Most investment costs are bundled in with the financial product, and are often hidden in fine print, warns Erik Hon.
The company's profit stood at Rs 292.79 crore (Rs 2.92 billion) in the year-ago period.
Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari Nair.
As for structural reform, there are signs if one looks hard enough.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones.
Fixed deposits can fetch 9-9.5% interest versus 3.5% to be received by Cairn, say institutions.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
While higher income, educated Indians are financially literate, they aren't really much better off when it comes to planning their financial futures
The curious thing is that savings instruments have not really kept pace with changing needs, although people have access to a wider variety than before.
Using buyback as a divestment tool is not new, the amount raised this year is phenomenally high.
The government is ready to support Air India, but wants the airline to improve its performance.
