Public sector banks to disburse Rs.6 lakh crore farm loans: Chidambaram
August 25th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu), Aug 25 (IANS) Government-owned banks have a target to disburse agriculturale loan to the tune of Rs.600,000 crore during the current fiscal - Rs.25,000 crore higher than ... Read more...
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Education loan is a right of every student: Chidambaram
August 18th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said an education loan is a right of every student and the officials with the public sector banks (PSBs) ... Read more...
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Seven more Vidarbha farmers commit suicide in last 48 hours
September 8th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) With seven cotton growers committing suicide in the past two days, a total 514 farmers have so far killed themselves in 2011 alone in the Vidarbha ... Read more...
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Five farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
September 2nd, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 2 (IANS) With five cotton growers committing suicide Thursday, a total of 507 farmers have killed themselves during 2011 alone in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO fighting ... Read more...
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Loans for poor to start from Badal’s village
July 26th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) With elections to the Punjab assembly only months away, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday asked state-run banks to extend loans to poor people, and the ... Read more...
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Punjab khadi board gets web-portal
February 2nd, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) To facilitate people who are looking forward to set up small scale industries in the state, Punjab Khadi and Village Industries Board launched its website www.pkvib.in here Wednesday.This ... Read more...
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Multilateral donors halt budgetary support to Pakistan, seek IMF’s ‘Letter of Comfort’
February 1st, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Feb 01(ANI): Multilateral donors- including the World Bank (WB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB)- have reportedly halted their budgetary aid to Pakistan.They have reportedly asked ... Read more...
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RBI wants banks to serve villages, says official
September 28th, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 28 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked nationalised banks to provide services in all villages and human habitations with a minimum population of 2,000, United Bank of ... Read more...
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EXIM India to open office in Ethiopia next month
May 25th, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Groum Abate
Ethiopia, May 25 (IANS) In a bid to support Indian companies' growing investments in East Africa, the Export and Import (EXIM) Bank of India will open an office in Ethiopia ... Read more...
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Srei Equipment Finance plans to disburse Rs.7,500 crore
October 6th, 2009 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) City-based non-banking financial company Srei Equipment Finance hopes its loan disbursement would grow to Rs.7,500 crore this fiscal from Rs.5,500 crore in 2008-09 as the construction equipment industry ... Read more...
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Andhra declared drought-hit
September 9th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh was Wednesday declared drought-hit - a move that will enable the state to avail of central government funds and take up relief works in affected areas. ... Read more...
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IDBI Bank expects lower loan, deposit growth
July 10th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) State-run IDBI Bank is expecting a loan disbursement growth of 18 percent and deposit growth of 20 percent this fiscal, considerably lower than that achieved in the last ... Read more...
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Sweet boost to Indian business in Africa
June 30th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Groum Abate
Addis Ababa, June 30 (IANS) India may be slow off the block to procure business opportunities in Africa but its foray received a sweet boost after its flagship sugar factory ... Read more...
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Kamal Nath says India’s growth will top 7 percent
February 3rd, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) India will clock a growth of over 7 percent this fiscal, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said here Tuesday.Referring to the general belief that the economic growth ... Read more...
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UCO Bank expects to disburse more loans this quarter
December 19th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) State-owned UCO Bank expects 25 percent growth in loan disbursement in the third quarter of the current fiscal, a top company official said here Friday."Since October, our loan ... Read more...
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Nabard to expand farmer financing through self-help groups
July 22nd, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) will expand its pilot project for agricultural financing through self-help groups (SHG) this year, a top company official said ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareilly Wednesday
February 18th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by admin
Lucknow, Feb 18 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi will visit her constituency Rae Bareilly, along with her son Rahul Gandhi, MP from the adjoining Amethi ... Read more...
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