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Bankers resort to 'Gandhigiri' to recover dues from wilful defaulters

Bankers resort to 'Gandhigiri' to recover dues from wilful defaulters

Rediff.com21 Mar 2015

Banks have started organising silent demonstration in front of houses of defaulters.

Bankers resort to 'Gandhigiri' to recover dues from wilful defaulters

Bankers resort to 'Gandhigiri' to recover dues from wilful defaulters

Rediff.com21 Mar 2015

United Bank of India and Andhra Bank employees start organising silent protests.

Interest rate hike will increase bank defaults: India Ratings

Interest rate hike will increase bank defaults: India Ratings

Rediff.com18 Dec 2013

Ahead of RBI policy meet, India Ratings said an interest rate hike of 0.50 per cent in the remaining part of the fiscal will throw the BSE 500 companies into a quandary.

Watch out for these five banking stocks!

Watch out for these five banking stocks!

Rediff.com12 Aug 2020

The coming years could be exciting for Bandhan Bank, IDBI Bank, IDFC First Bank, Federal Bank, and CSB Bank.

Lack of clarity in tax laws is a concern, says Deepak Parekh

Lack of clarity in tax laws is a concern, says Deepak Parekh

Rediff.com31 Jan 2017

Parekh says drafting new I-T law is hindered by the lack of experience.

Govt considers 'bad bank' proposal despite doubts

Govt considers 'bad bank' proposal despite doubts

Rediff.com19 Feb 2016

FinMin officials say an announcement could be made in the Budget.

'Rajan most likely to cut rates by 25 bps'

'Rajan most likely to cut rates by 25 bps'

Rediff.com8 Aug 2016

With the 'busy credit season' which witnesses a spurt in loan demand going up, it would be good to lower the rates ahead of it

7 steps to a superb rescue plan for India's ailing PSU banks

7 steps to a superb rescue plan for India's ailing PSU banks

Rediff.com17 Aug 2015

India's ailing banks need immediate attention.

Economic revival? Govt, RBI must work in tandem

Economic revival? Govt, RBI must work in tandem

Rediff.com28 Jan 2015

Both the government and RBI have to complement each other if the economy has to revive quickly.

'We at the RBI feel the anger, hurt and pain at banking frauds'

'We at the RBI feel the anger, hurt and pain at banking frauds'

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

'In plain simple English, these practices amount to a looting of our country's future by some in the business community, in cahoots with some lenders,' says RBI Governor Dr Urjit R Patel.

'Investor migration in IT and pharma will stay for a while'

'Investor migration in IT and pharma will stay for a while'

Rediff.com23 Dec 2020

'Quality of management, corporate governance, allocation of capital, full disclosures should form the basis to decide investing in a particular stock.'

Govts should give up control in banks: McKinsey

Govts should give up control in banks: McKinsey

Rediff.com3 Jan 2015

In the policy banks, the government can have 100 per cent stake, McKinsey said.

CBI registers Rs 97-crore loan default case against Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd

CBI registers Rs 97-crore loan default case against Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd

Rediff.com26 Feb 2018

The company's Chief Executive Officer G S C Rao, Chief Financial Officer Sanjay Tapriya, Executive Director Gursimran Kaur Mann and five non-executive directors have also been booked by the agency. Gurpal Singh is the son-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh.

If you flaunt a yacht while owing a lot, it shows you don't care: Rajan

If you flaunt a yacht while owing a lot, it shows you don't care: Rajan

Rediff.com27 Jan 2016

'Lower rates are only part of the solution and sometimes not the right solution at all.'

Jet's woes may fly away in a week

Jet's woes may fly away in a week

Rediff.com17 Mar 2019

Jet and Etihad have already agreed upon a Rs 4,000-crore interim financing plan according to which Etihad will put in Rs 750 crore either on its own or from an offshore or onshore lender, and a matching amount will be provided by the Jet lenders.

ICICI Bank's net plunges 45% as fresh slippages, provisions soar

ICICI Bank's net plunges 45% as fresh slippages, provisions soar

Rediff.com7 May 2018

The bank's overall exposure to the 40 select accounts referred by the Reserve Bank to be resolved under bankruptcy laws is Rs 15,229 crore

SBI to auction two NPA accounts in Aug to recover dues of over Rs 313 cr

SBI to auction two NPA accounts in Aug to recover dues of over Rs 313 cr

Rediff.com6 Jul 2021

SBI will auction two non-performing accounts (NPAs) next month to recover dues of over Rs 313 crore, according to a notice by the lender. The two accounts to be put up for e-auction on August 6 are Bhadreshwar Vidyut Pvt Ltd (BVPL) with a loan outstanding of Rs 262.73 crore and GOL Offshore Ltd with Rs 50.75 crore dues. "In terms of the bank's policy on sale on financial assets, in line with the regulatory guidelines, we place these accounts for sale to ARCs/banks/NBFCs/FIs, on the terms and conditions indicated there against," SBI said in the notice. The reserve price for the auction of Bhadreshwar Vidyut is set at Rs 100.12 crore and for GOL Offshore at Rs 51 crore.

No info on Mallya's loan, finmin tells CIC

No info on Mallya's loan, finmin tells CIC

Rediff.com7 Feb 2018

The finance ministry official may have claimed that the ministry does not have information on the loans sanctioned by different banks to Mallya or the details of the guarantee given by Mallya against those loans, but the ministry had responded to questions in this regard in Parliament in the past.

India is running out of time on NPAs: K V Kamath

India is running out of time on NPAs: K V Kamath

Rediff.com7 Apr 2017

New Development Bank plans to issue $300-500 mn worth masala bonds in rupee: K V Kamath.

StanChart is most profitable foreign bank in India

StanChart is most profitable foreign bank in India

Rediff.com13 Jul 2013

The foreign lender's profit after tax was Rs 2,960 crore

'We have to transparently define what is fraud and what is wilful default'

'We have to transparently define what is fraud and what is wilful default'

Rediff.com24 Nov 2017

K C Chakrabarty, former deputy governor, RBI, talks to Anup Roy on issues in the new bankruptcy law and rules.

Modi and Manmohan: After one year, spot the differences

Modi and Manmohan: After one year, spot the differences

Rediff.com11 May 2015

There are actually great similarities between the two PM

'Gurumurthy must be sacked from RBI'

'Gurumurthy must be sacked from RBI'

Rediff.com27 May 2022

'For a responsible person like him to utter such nonsense is shameful.' 'He is not fit to be a director on the RBI central board.'

RBI urged to provide names of big loan defaulters

RBI urged to provide names of big loan defaulters

Rediff.com27 May 2019

The CIC's directive came while deciding on a plea by Lucknow-based activist Nutan Thakur, who had based her RTI application on some media reports that RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya in a lecture in 2017 had said accounts of some loan defaulters have been sent to banks for resolution.

Rajya Sabha creates record, takes up all listed questions after 15 years

Rajya Sabha creates record, takes up all listed questions after 15 years

Rediff.com2 Jan 2018

The last time all listed starred questions were taken up was in 2002 during the 197th Session of the Upper House, officials in the Rajya Sabha secretariat said.

Worse news awaits the economy

Worse news awaits the economy

Rediff.com1 Nov 2019

'Without bold action to deal with our banking crisis, count on the economy's doldrums to continue for much longer than most of us anticipate,' says Rahul Jacob.

Kochhar case: CBI stands vindicated, say officials

Kochhar case: CBI stands vindicated, say officials

Rediff.com30 Jan 2019

The FIR also said chairman of New Development Bank K V Kamath, Goldman Sachs India chairman Sonjoy Chatterjee, Standard Chartered Bank CEO Zarin Daruwala, Tata Capital head Rajiv Sabharwal and Tata Capital senior advisor Homi Khusrokhan need to be investigated.

Major relief for realty sector; govt nod for Rs 25,000 crore fund

Major relief for realty sector; govt nod for Rs 25,000 crore fund

Rediff.com6 Nov 2019

The move is likely to help 4.59 lakh housing units across the country.

Bankers brace for delays, legal battles

Bankers brace for delays, legal battles

Rediff.com15 Jun 2017

The time-bound nature of the bankruptcy code, envisaging resolution within 180 to 270 days, would put enormous pressure on the existing judicial infrastructure.

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab Mukherjee's?

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab Mukherjee's?

Rediff.com3 Mar 2021

The sad truth is that the debt-to-GDP ratio will shoot up close to 90 per cent in the coming year, and the fiscal deficit glide path does not promise to reduce it substantially any time soon, predicts Mihir S Sharma.

Banking woes: A ticking time bomb?

Banking woes: A ticking time bomb?

Rediff.com2 Jan 2014

It's time to re-examine government's role as owner of banks,

If all goes well, Indian economy will see 'achche din' in 2015

If all goes well, Indian economy will see 'achche din' in 2015

Rediff.com29 Dec 2014

Inflation is down and there's every chance that crude prices will be subdued through the next year.

NPA clean-up should have started much earlier: Rajan

NPA clean-up should have started much earlier: Rajan

Rediff.com26 Jul 2016

Raghuram Rajan, said, the scourge of loan losses "had a tendency to increase, get too big to ignore, too late to manage, and push the system into crisis".

FinMin may not allocate more funds to banks

FinMin may not allocate more funds to banks

Rediff.com4 Jun 2014

The Arun Jaitley-led finance ministry reiterated banks should act tough on wilful defaulters.

RBI's 3-pronged strategy to revive PMC Bank

RBI's 3-pronged strategy to revive PMC Bank

Rediff.com5 Feb 2021

the three investors that have submitted their final bids are not commercial banks. Among the three, one is a non-banking financial company. Another distinctive feature of the revival is that PMC may lose its cooperative bank characteristic after its reconstruction.

2014 made a lot of promises; can the new year deliver?

2014 made a lot of promises; can the new year deliver?

Rediff.com31 Dec 2014

The banking sector is set to move at a fast pace from hereon.

PSU banks to raise Rs 1 trillion from markets in four years

PSU banks to raise Rs 1 trillion from markets in four years

Rediff.com31 Jul 2015

Gross NPA of PSBs at the end of March quarter stood at 5.20 per cent, against 5.63 per cent in December.

FIR against PMC Bank brass puts loss at Rs 4,355 cr

FIR against PMC Bank brass puts loss at Rs 4,355 cr

Rediff.com1 Oct 2019

Police FIR reveals the bank had replaced 44 loan accounts of HDIL with 21,049 fictitious loan accounts. These 21,049 were actually not created in the core banking solution of the bank, but were mere entities in the advances master indent submitted to RBI for conducting its inspection for the year ended March 2018.

How Lakshmi Vilas Bank eroded its wealth amid controversy and losses

How Lakshmi Vilas Bank eroded its wealth amid controversy and losses

Rediff.com8 Oct 2020

It has been a year since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated prompt corrective action (PCA), an exercise that puts weak banks under central bank scrutiny, against the 94-year-old Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB). But recently, this low-profile Chennai-headquartered bank found itself attracting some unwonted publicity when 60 per cent of its shareholders voted against a proposal to re-appoint seven directors, including one of the promoters, K R Pradeep (who holds around 2 per cent), and the company's managing director & chief executive officer S Sundar.

Despite high NPAs, Indian banks have become more resilient: RBI

Despite high NPAs, Indian banks have become more resilient: RBI

Rediff.com28 Dec 2019

Thanks to the recapitalisation by the government and measures taken by the central bank, collapse of any large housing finance company won't pose as big a risk as it had six months ago.