The Budget should undertake further reductions in import tariffs and seriously consider an announcement of India's intention to join one or both of the two Asian mega-regional free trade agreements, suggests Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the Government of India.
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.
A Rs 525-crore contingency provision during the July-September period led to a 19 per cent fall in IndusInd Bank's share price on Friday (October 25). Contingency provisions are generally made when a lender expects more bad loans in the coming quarters. Shares of the bank on Tuesday (October 29) declined 1.53 per cent to settle at Rs 1,038.2 apiece on the BSE.
'Maharashtra is virtually in a debt trap.'
Bandhan has got fresh equity infusion of Rs 1,020 crore.
Households are likely to remain the primary net lenders to the economy in the coming decades.
The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana can lend between Rs 50,000-Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs.
'Banks may find small ticket size lending economically unviable due to the cost of branch operations.'
According to NABARD, around 60% of India's population lacks access to financial institutions.
Collection dived to 75-80% in November-December from 99% after demonetisation.
These banks need to build a significant deposit base to start full-fledged banking.
With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon.
Other reputed firms like McKinsey, Boston Consultancy Group, PwC, Ernst & Young and KPMG had also applied for getting the mandate from Bandhan.
The Bill's 2007 version covered only MFIs not regulated by the Reserve Bank of India.
The encampment of protestors started out in the square at the front of the towering St Paul's cathedral, one of London's best loved landmarks.
Pushpal Shinde now earns some Rs 50,000 a month.
The Reserve Bank on Friday set up a three-member committee under former Governor Bimal Jalan to scrutinise applications for new bank licences, which are expected to be awarded by January.
The Institute of Rural Management, Anand, invites applications for its Fellow Programme in Rural Management.
While banks are not as exposed as the corporate sector during the initial stage of the pandemic, the strain on lenders could ultimately be profound. Banks face a second-order hit compared with the corporate and household sectors.
'I found it unbelievable that L&T said 45,000 jobs were waiting to be filled because of unavailability of suitable skillsets.' 'So, when the Opposition sweepingly says there are no jobs, I'm sorry... I'm not saying it's raining jobs, but there are jobs. The (skill) gap has to be bridged.'
The BJP MP said the guidelines for grant of licences were 'brazenly flouted'.
During a three-hour long virtual meeting with CEOs of large public and private sector banks along with heads of NBFCs, the prime minister assured them that the government is ready to take all steps to support the financial sector.
Banks have collected about 1,500 kg of gold from temples and trusts under the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) since its launch last November.
Even as you fight the ongoing health challenge, here are some tips to strengthen your personal finance in the time of coronavirus.
A vast majority of borrowers are in the essential services' supply chain with tiny and micro businesses, and this has sprung back.
Mudra Bank will be a Rs 20,000-crore institution, which would "primarily be responsible for refinancing all micro-finance institutions.
Draft guidelines for Small Banks and Payments Banks were issued by the RBI in July and comments were invited till August 28.
Farmers have suffered a lot on account of natural calamities.
The Adani group has exited the financial services business by selling its entire 90 per cent stake in Adani Capital and Adani Housing to private equity (PE) firm Bain Capital for Rs 1,440 crore. The total valuation of the Adani financial services business stands at Rs 1,600 crore. Gaurav Gupta, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Adani firms will hold the rest of the stake.
The disruptions caused by COVID-19 have more severely impacted small and mid-sized corporates, including NBFCs and MFIs, in terms of access to liquidity.
"We will raise Rs 300 crore via bonds of two-, three- and five-year tenures. This will be our maiden bond issuance and is part of our effort to widen funding sources," says Vimal Bhandari, executive vice-chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), Arka Fincap. The firm, a subsidiary of Kirloskar Oil, is only five years old and small (assets of around Rs 5,000 crore with an "AA" rating), but the response to this float will be closely watched: It would be the first by a non-banking finance company (NBFC) after Mint Road upped the risk weights on bank exposures to them by 25 percentage points. The move by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has caught NBFCs off guard even though the issue had been flagged by Governor Shaktikanta Das with their corner-room occupants (and that of banks) in July and August 2023 - on consumer credit and the dependency on bank borrowings.
Finance firms in these SEZs likely to get tax breaks.
For the time being, digital lending remains a grey area, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Bringing in the untapped informal sector into the formal one will benefit business.
How will the RBI announcement on loan moratorium work for those with home loans, auto loans, personal loans, consumer durables loan? Here's what experts have to say.
New players show up after 3 years; northern states take lead in loan growth.
False and acrimonious debates such as Modi versus Manmohan might allow for victories that are political and partisan. But the real loser is the nation, India and Bharat, notes Arvind Subramanian, former chief economic advisor to the Modi government in its first term.
Bandhan Bank to fund SMEs, create jobs, says FM
One of the factors behind the rise in securitisation deals was State Bank of India's (SBI) decision to buy portfolio worth Rs 45,000 crore from NBFCs
Race for Asia's No. 1 MFI spot: Bandhan now closes in on Grameen Bank
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