Recovery of loans top priority for banks

August 2016

Recovery is on top of the agenda of Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Vinod Rai, Chairman, Banks Board Bureau has reportedly said. The consolidation proces...

Tags: Public Sector Banks, Vinod Rai, Bureau, Public sector banks, Financial institutions

Of the public, for the public but not by the public

February 2016

What is it that was just 29 crore in 1951 and has now grown to 10 lakh crore? It is the amount of public investment in 290 public sector units in Ind...

Tags: Investments, RoI, PSU, Swachh Bharat, Railways, Postal Dept., Telephones, Airlines, Coal India, LIC, BHEL, HMT, Public Sector Banks, holding Company

Govt may increase Rs.70k-cr planned capital infusion for PSBs

February 2016

The Finance Ministry is considering infusing more than the announced Rs.70,000 crore in public sector banks to help strengthen their balancesheets.´...

Tags: Finance Ministry, Balancesheets, Public sector banks, Arun Jaitley, Budget 2016-17, PSB

FII limits in PSBs likely to be raised in 25-30 per cent range

October 2014

The government plans to raise foreign institutional investors’ (FIIs) limit in public sector banks (PSBs). This would help the PSB to meet the capita...

Tags: FII, Limit, Raise, PSB, Public Sector Bank

NHBF calls for better project planning in road sector

November 2012

National Highways Builders Federation (NHBF) is an apex organization of all contractors or builders of national highways, state highways and bridges ...

Tags: National Highways Builders Federation, NHBF, road projects, M MURALI, investment, public sector banks, Ministry of Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Stone quarrying, The Twelfth Plan, Infrastructure Debt Funds, General Anti Avoidance Rules, PPP, NHAI, IIFCL