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RoC e-initiative to open up data on India Inc
IF you are an investment banker seeking information on an unlisted company, you will need to physically go to the particular office or branch of the Registrar of Companies where the company is registered and suffer through a tedious procedure to ... More

FOREX


IMD redemption: SBI unlikely to face exchange rate burden
GIVEN the current rupee-dollar rates, SBI seems to be fairly assured of safe sailing with respect to any major additional burden on its India Millennium Deposit (IMD) scheme due to exchange rate fluctuations. On Friday the rupee was at 45.34 ... More

INSURANCE


Room for more insurance players: IRDA
DESPITE 14 players operating in the Indian life insurance arena and another 14 entities in the general insurance business, the country still has substantial potential for many more new insurance players owing to the highly untapped market, ... More

CONSUMER FINANCE


Canara Bank loan scheme for solar heaters
CANARA Bank has come out with a scheme for financing purchase of solar water heaters at concessional rates of interest. Under the scheme, subsidised by the Union Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES), the rate of interest for ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


Life insurers book gains in equities; invest in bonds
BONDs were mixed in last week's trading, influenced by a combination of hardening international oil prices and rising domestic liquidity in the short-term. Bankers said bonds were also helped by the intervention of life insurance companies, ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Travel insurance going places
TRAVEL insurance is growing in terms of volume though insurance companies say their profits are under pressure due to severe competition. Leading insurers say the business has been growing at an average rate of 25 per cent per annum, though ... More

NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


Urge courts to act fast on NPA suits, unions told
THE judiciary can play a major role in help improving the performance of banks by expediting cases of NPAs in various courts of the country. More than a lakh crore rupees of NPAs are now stuck in court battles, according to the Chairman and ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


AIBOA meet at Delhi
THE all-India conference of the All-India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOA), which will be held in Delhi from February 18 to 20, will discuss issues related to the working hours of bank officers and will constitute a fund for helping the ... More



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