Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/covid-banks-make-a-beeline-at-vaccine-maker-s-doorstep-to-offer-loans-121051400644_1.html?utm_source=Spotlight&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=Premium_11072018 Amid feeble credit offtake due to local lockdowns this year, lenders sanction Rs 6,000-crore line of credit to SII Commercial banks are rushing to coronavirus vaccine manufacturers
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Govt not present as India faces ‘greatest challenge’ in Covid-19: Rajan | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/covid-probably-india-s-greatest-challenge-since-independence-rajan-121051501036_1.html ‘Pandemic has shown that we are all connected,’ says economist and former RBI governor at a virtual event. Covid-19 is probably India’s greatest
Liquidity Crunch: New mechanism in the works to aid exporters – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/liquidity-crunch-new-mechanism-in-the-works-to-aid-exporters/2251629/ Given paucity of funds with govt, exporters to borrow at repo rate against MEIS entitlement As per the mechanism being explored, the government
Covid to act as speed-breaker, but won’t derail economy, say experts | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/covid-to-act-as-speed-breaker-but-won-t-derail-economy-say-experts-121051401215_1.html Some improvement likely when enough people are vaccinated in the later part of the year The pandemic and ensuing lockdowns would push up
With rural areas impacted by Covid, MFIs face drop in collections – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/with-rural-areas-impacted-by-covid-mfis-face-drop-in-collections/article34555354.ece With rural areas also impacted by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, microfinance institutions (MFI) have been witnessing a drop in collections
Loan restructuring: FIDC seeks clarity from RBI on relief measures – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/loan-restructuring-fidc-seeks-clarity-from-rbi-on-relief-measures/article34559946.ece Seeks moratorium up to an additional three years The Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) has written to Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta
Banks go after promoter trusts of firms having stressed loans – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banks-go-after-promoter-trusts-of-firms-having-stressed-loans/articleshow/82641931.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HPTN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=23Synopsis In the last few weeks, top banks have been making inquiries in certain cases where businesses have been hit hard by Covid and
Banks, RBI favour further cutback in small savings rates – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/banks-rbi-favour-further-cutback-in-small-savings-rates/articleshow/82646853.cms Synopsis–The central bank has been struggling to keep bond yields from spiking in a year that will witness record government borrowing, with North
Second Covid wave to hit banks’ growth harder than asset quality: Analysts – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/banking-finance/second-covid-wave-to-hit-banks-growth-harder-than-asset-quality-analysts/2252201/ “February and March were our best ever months in LAP, too. This has traditionally been an area where we have done well, both
E-commerce firms face more hurdles in Maharashtra, Assam – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/e-commerce-firms-face-more-hurdles-in-maharashtra-assam/articleshow/82602598.cmsSynopsis The Maharashtra government, in a notification on Wednesday, said drivers and helpers of all goods carriers entering the state must carry a negative
Commerce Ministry seeks anti-dumping duty on certain rubber imported from 4 countries – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/comm-min-seeks-anti-dumping-duty-on-certain-rubber-imported-from-4-countries/articleshow/82625393.cmsSynopsis Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended the duty after concluding in its probe that ”Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber” from these regions has
Will the deadlier second wave prompt Modi govt to go for another stimulus? | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/will-the-deadlier-second-wave-prompt-modi-govt-to-go-for-another-stimulus-121051201327_1.html A recent study found that the poorest of workers earned Rs 15,000 less on average last year. This time, state lockdowns may dent
MSME credit gap: How Bitcoin, Ethereum, other crypto investors may address small business liquidity crisis – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/msme-credit-gap-how-bitcoin-ethereum-other-crypto-investors-may-address-small-business-liquidity-crisis/2251607/ Credit and Finance for MSMEs: Of Rs 95.69 lakh crore gross bank credit outstanding as of February 26, 2020, the share of MSE
Liquidity Crunch: New mechanism in the works to aid exporters – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/liquidity-crunch-new-mechanism-in-the-works-to-aid-exporters/2251629/ Given paucity of funds with govt, exporters to borrow at repo rate against MEIS entitlement As per the mechanism being explored, the government
Retail loans constitute large share of loan recast by private banks – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/retail-loans-constitute-large-share-of-loan-recast-by-private-banks/article34549157.ece?homepage=true Overall restructuring of loans was low for most private sector banks; these banks have made sufficient provisions Even as Resolution 2.0 announced by
The rise of cash a transient symptom – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-editorial/the-rise-of-cash-a-transient-symptom/articleshow/82612200.cmsSynopsis The huge increase in India’s cash in circulation during the pandemic is no cause for alarm. Central bank data shows that currency in
SBI invites bids for selling NPAs worth Rs 217 crore – The Financial Express
Banks had put up NPAs worth Rs 5,140 crore for the sale to ARCs during the March quarter. Out of that, SBI had put bad
Govt approves Rs 18,100 crore PLI scheme for promoting ACC battery manufacturing – The Economic Times
lipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/govt-approves-rs-18100-cr-pli-scheme-for-promoting-acc-battery-manufacturing/articleshow/82572497.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HPTN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=23Synopsis With the objective to promote the Make in India initiative, the National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage is expected to
Disruption of essential supplies: Move policy from obtuse to sensible – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-editorial/move-policy-from-obtuse-to-sensible/articleshow/82555281.cmsSynopsis Policy must address both kinds of problems. Any deemed sign of shortage leads to hoarding and realised shortage. This must be averted. COVID-19
Microfiance sector seeks RBI’s additional support to combat COVID-19 second wave – The Economic Times
lipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/microfiance-sector-seeks-rbis-additional-support-to-combat-covid-19-second-wave/articleshow/82550827.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HPTN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=23Synopsis “RBI timely intervention for the sector and its recent announcement of special long-term repo operations (SLTRO) of Rs 10,000 crore for Small Finance
