In 2005, the Reserve Bank released the “Road map for presence of foreign banks in India” laying out a two track and gradualist approach aimed at increasing the efficiency and stability of the banking sector in India. One track was the consolidation o
With the increases announced today, since mid-March 2010, the Reserve Bank has cumulatively increased the repo rate by 175 bps and the reverse repo rate by 225 bps. Additionally, the CRR was increased by 100 bps. Banks have responded to this calibrat
here have been significant changes in the macroeconomic environment since the Second Quarter Review issued on November 2, 2010. Globally, the recovery in the advanced economies appears to be consolidating and expectations of growth during 2011, parti
The results of PCC, IPCC, MAC (Part-I), IRM and ITL & WTO Examinations held in November, 2010 are likely to be declared on 5th February, 2011 at around 5.00 PM.
Mumbai Cost of home, auto and corporate loans may not go up immediately, even though the Reserve Bank raised short-term key policy rates by 25 basis points to check high inflation, bankers said. “The transmission mechanism between RBI and rest of t
India may have to wait till at least next year for information from Switzerland on possible black money trail to Swiss banks, as a treaty for the same might come into force only by the end of 2011. The treaty needs to be ratified by various authori
On the back foot over black money, the UPA has turned to its chief trouble-shooter Pranab Mukherjee to explain the government’s plan for retrieving billions of dollars stashed in Swiss banks and other European tax havens. “The government has noth
In its order, the Court, while dismissing the writ petitions filed by Indian Rare Earths Ltd, Manavalakurichi, Kanyakumari District, a Government of India undertaking, challenging, inter alia, the common order dated September 23, 2005 of the Regional
Based on a complaint lodged by a Raipur-based Transport Contractor, a case was registered against Manager (House Keeping), Food Corporation of India, Raipur (CG) U/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It was alleged in the complaint that the ac
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge sheet against the then Branch Manager, Union Bank of India, Avenue Road Branch, Bangalore (Accused-1); Manager (Technical), Union Bank of India, Nodal regional Office, Bangalore (Accused-2); Mana
