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Airlines seek easier loan restructuring norms

Airlines seek easier loan restructuring norms

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

For any airline to be eligible for restructuring, the current ratio has to be equal to or higher than 0.4, while 'debt to Ebitda' has to be equal to or less than 5.5.

Sell assets of guarantors if firms don't repay: Govt to banks

Sell assets of guarantors if firms don't repay: Govt to banks

Rediff.com18 Mar 2016

The ministry further told banks that "it would be prudent to take steps against guarantors immediately when no sign of revival is visible".

Understanding EMI and your income

Understanding EMI and your income

Rediff.com22 Oct 2010

In the current scenario of rising interest rates it is vital that you understand important elements in the loan taking process, helping you make an informed decision when it comes to balancing your monthly budget and your loan repayment.

Asset quality of NBFCs worsens in H1 amid pandemic

Asset quality of NBFCs worsens in H1 amid pandemic

Rediff.com29 Dec 2021

The asset quality of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) deteriorated in April-September 2021 (H1FY22) owing to the second wave of the pandemic. Their gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rose to 6.8 per cent in September 2021 from 6 per cent in March 2021. The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) annual Trend and Progress report (FY21) said the sector might have to grapple with higher delinquencies as and when policy measures unwound. The pandemic posed significant challenges to NBFCs during the first wave (2020) also.

Tax planning? Invest in long-term instruments

Tax planning? Invest in long-term instruments

Rediff.com20 Feb 2012

Some instruments help you perform the dual task of tax saving and retirement planning. Pick ones with the longest lock-in period

Want an education loan? Read this

Want an education loan? Read this

Rediff.com15 Mar 2019

As education loans are given on a floating-rate basis (and not fixed), one needs to account for probable spikes in the EMI while choosing the loan tenure. Loans are available for up to 15 years, which could lower your EMI and ease your repayment burden, advises Mohan Jayaraman.

Let Your Child Fund Their Education!

Let Your Child Fund Their Education!

Rediff.com13 Oct 2023

Youngsters must remember education is their BIGGEST investment EVER: Their lifelong income-earning provider! asserts CA P V Subramanyam.

Tax sops on home loans

Tax sops on home loans

Rediff.com3 Jun 2010

The Income Tax Act, 1961 provides tax benefits for assessees that have home loans. Typically a home loan is repaid to the bank/lender in monthly installments.

Companies line up IPOs worth Rs 15,000 crore

Companies line up IPOs worth Rs 15,000 crore

Rediff.com17 Apr 2016

Eye business expansion, fulfil working capital requirements and making loan repayments

5 things to bear in mind when applying for a loan

5 things to bear in mind when applying for a loan

Rediff.com19 May 2014

Credit card loans and personal loans are two prime examples of unsecured loans that must always be avoided.

Now, loans for all your lifestyle needs

Now, loans for all your lifestyle needs

Rediff.com4 Dec 2019

You can get a lumpsum sanctioned, but you may draw only part of it and pay interest on the amount used.

Byju Raveendran, board members will not attend BYJU's Feb 23 EGM

Byju Raveendran, board members will not attend BYJU's Feb 23 EGM

Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

Edtech firm Think and Learn Private Ltd, owner of Byju's, on Thursday said neither the company's founder and CEO Byju Raveendran nor any other board member will attend the extraordinary general meeting called by some select investors. Shareholders at Byju's are set to vote on Friday on a resolution brought by some investors to oust founder CEO Byju Raveendran and his family members over alleged "mismanagement and failures". Byju's has called the EGM "procedurally invalid" and contractually in contravention of the company's article of association and shareholder's agreement.

How to prepare your child for an education loan

How to prepare your child for an education loan

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

Make your child understand that non-repayment of the loan puts all of it at risk

India Inc's foreign loans fall 35%

India Inc's foreign loans fall 35%

Rediff.com13 Aug 2020

Besides the pandemic that resulted in higher interest rates, the default by Future Retail has dealt a blow to investor sentiment.

New loans may become hard to get

New loans may become hard to get

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

Due to the prevailing uncertainty, the risk of loans going bad has certainly increased. This may result in lenders following risk-based pricing more diligently, notes Naveen Kukreja, CEO, Paisabazaar.com

Payment default: Lenders now know more about you

Payment default: Lenders now know more about you

Rediff.com25 Mar 2008

The Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL)can now generate a copy of your credit history and payment default reports at the click of a mouse. Borrowers will now have to tidy up their payment history.

Joint loan with relative can boost chances of approval

Joint loan with relative can boost chances of approval

Rediff.com22 Dec 2020

There can be as many as six co-applicants in a joint loan.

Want to be a guarantor? Think twice

Want to be a guarantor? Think twice

Rediff.com14 Nov 2005

Becoming a guarantor also affects an individual's 'capacity to borrow' adversely

Credit card vs personal loan: What should you opt for?

Credit card vs personal loan: What should you opt for?

Rediff.com29 Apr 2015

A primer on how to choose correctly between swiping your card and applying for a loan...

RBI allows loan restructuring for individuals, MSMEs

RBI allows loan restructuring for individuals, MSMEs

Rediff.com5 May 2021

Reserve Bank on Wednesday announced a slew of measures including loan restructuring for individual and small businesses hit hard by fresh COVID-19 wave. To augment supply of goods for COVID care, the central bank opened Rs 50,000 crore on-tap window to ease access to emergency health services to boost provision of immediate liquidity for ramping up COVID-19 related healthcare infrastructure and services in the country. This liquidity window is being opened till March 31, 2022, he said, adding that under the scheme, banks can provide fresh lending support to a wide ranging of entities including vaccine manufacturers, importers and suppliers of vaccine and medical devices, hospitals and dispensaries and suppliers of oxygen and ventilators importers and also patients for treatment.

Bombay HC asks woman to pay alimony to ex-husband unable to earn

Bombay HC asks woman to pay alimony to ex-husband unable to earn

Rediff.com11 Apr 2024

The Bombay high court has directed a working woman to pay monthly maintenance of Rs 10,000 to her former husband who is unable to earn due to his ailments.

The RBI Way Of Firefighting

The RBI Way Of Firefighting

Rediff.com8 Apr 2024

Why is the RBI harsh on Paytm Payments Bank? Why did it give Rana Kapoor of Yes Bank Ltd such a long rope?Often, it's a long investigation process, but the RBI doesn't discuss this openly since that can threaten financial sector stability, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Loan moratorium: SC verdict on refund won't hit banks

Loan moratorium: SC verdict on refund won't hit banks

Rediff.com24 Mar 2021

Yes Securities, the broking and investment arm of Yes Bank, on Wednesday said the Supreme Court directive on loan moratorium due to pandemic has brought the much needed clarity and there will not be any financial impact on the banks as the compound interest waiver is to be reimbursed by the government. On its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking moratorium extension beyond August 31, 2020, the apex court on Tuesday said it is a policy decision, refusing to interfere with the Centre's and RBI's decision to not extend the loan moratorium beyond the limit. However, it observed that the benefit of moratorium should go to all set of borrowers irrespective of the loan amount and asked to refund any amount collected as penal interest and compound interest during March-August 2020.

Important! Monitor Credit Report Regularly

Important! Monitor Credit Report Regularly

Rediff.com23 Feb 2023

Going through the credit report regularly will make you aware of a number of issues. One is identity theft.

Farmers default: Bank holds sit-in protest

Farmers default: Bank holds sit-in protest

Rediff.com11 Aug 2010

The bank has suffered to such an extent that salaries of employees have not been paid.

Banks initiate crackdown on wilful defaulters

Banks initiate crackdown on wilful defaulters

Rediff.com26 Mar 2013

To recover dues from 50 top defaulters; finance ministry wants proceedings fast-tracked.

Looking for a home loan? Age no bar!

Looking for a home loan? Age no bar!

Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

A few important factors to keep in mind while applying for a home loan, and strategies to manage it, whatever your age.

Want a home loan at 8.35%?

Want a home loan at 8.35%?

Rediff.com3 Feb 2017

BoB's offer of a lower home loan rate to customers with credit scores of 760 and above makes it incumbent on everyone to pay heed to this all-important number.

Adani shrugs off Hindenburg effect, back to rapid expansion spree

Adani shrugs off Hindenburg effect, back to rapid expansion spree

Rediff.com31 Mar 2024

Adani group opened a $1.2 billion copper plant, bought a port in Odisha, raised stakes in a cement company and stitched an alliance with rival Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, all in a matter of one week in signs that the apples-to-airport conglomerate has shrugged off the Hindenburg effect and is back to rapid expansion spree. In the last one week, Adani group has through regulatory filings and press statements announced expansions and investments in its mainstay ports business, diversification into metal refining, fund infusion into a two-year-old cement foray and continuing progress in the commissioning of its mega solar project.

Car sales begin to skid

Car sales begin to skid

Rediff.com4 Apr 2007

Customers who still want to go in for a loan are opting either for longer maturity plans or making higher upfront payments to control their monthly outgo on loan repayments.

RBI flags concentration risk among govt-NBFCs, all tied to power sector

RBI flags concentration risk among govt-NBFCs, all tied to power sector

Rediff.com28 Dec 2023

The top 50 exposures, amounting to Rs 7.8 trillion, of government-registered non-banking financial companies (G-NBFCs) constitute about 40 per cent of corporate credit within the NBFC sector, indicating concentration risk, according to the Reserve Bank of India's report "Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2022-23". Notably, all the 50 are tied to the power sector, a domain fraught with inherent challenges, the report said. The report highlighted recognising the escalating systemic importance of G-NBFCs, the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework had been expanded to include G-NBFCs excluding those falling within the base layer.

Stop being 'stubborn': Maldives Prez told amid strained India ties

Stop being 'stubborn': Maldives Prez told amid strained India ties

Rediff.com25 Mar 2024

Former Prez made these remarks days after Muizzu, widely seen as a pro-China leader, urged India to provide debt relief to the archipelago nation.

Why term policy is preferred option for covering home loan liability

Why term policy is preferred option for covering home loan liability

Rediff.com5 Apr 2021

You can increase or reduce the sum assured of a term cover, depending on changes in your overall liability, advises Bindisha Sarang.

Sri Lanka wants amicable settlement of Chinese ship issue, says minister

Sri Lanka wants amicable settlement of Chinese ship issue, says minister

Rediff.com2 Aug 2022

Foreign minister Ali Sabry told the cabinet that the Chinese vessel had only asked for a refuelling visit.

Taking an education loan? Read this first

Taking an education loan? Read this first

Rediff.com16 Jun 2018

When taking a loan, it is important to look at various factors, and not just the interest rate, says Tinesh Bhasin.

More Adani group shares pledged

More Adani group shares pledged

Rediff.com9 Mar 2023

More shares belonging to companies of the embattled Adani Group have been pledged as security for loans taken by the group's flagship firm, a trustee said. SBICap Trustee in notices to stock exchanges said that a further 0.99 per cent shares in Adani Green Energy Ltd were pledged "for the benefits of the lenders" of Adani Enterprises Ltd. An additional 0.76 per cent shares in Adani Transmission Ltd were also pledged to banks, the trustee said. SBICap, which is a unit of State Bank of India (SBI), however did not give details of the loans taken by Adani Enterprises for which the pledge was created.

'What if I default on my education loan?'

'What if I default on my education loan?'

Rediff.com8 Jul 2015

In an online chat with Get Ahead readers July 8, financial expert Anil Rego answered their queries on education loan. Here is the chat transcript

Why Good Credit History Is Important

Why Good Credit History Is Important

Rediff.com28 Aug 2023

'Building a credit history is a gradual process that requires at least 6-12 months of consistent credit activity.'

'Marwari' school of business keeps 3 generations of Ruia family under one roof

'Marwari' school of business keeps 3 generations of Ruia family under one roof

Rediff.com17 Jun 2024

Indian family-run business houses have in recent years seen ugly public spats between owners over control. But metals-to-ports conglomerate Essar's Ruia family seems to be an exception. Three generations of the Ruia family - founder brother Shashi and Ravi Ruia, their children and grandchildren - continue to live under one roof and jointly run the business empire.

COVID-19: India Inc asks RBI for one-time loan recast

COVID-19: India Inc asks RBI for one-time loan recast

Rediff.com21 Apr 2020

The one-time restructuring of loans will help every firm and prevent cost-cutting measures such as lay-offs.