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Banking sector
Mint apologises for a ‘manel’ amid backlash after women speakers who were invited declined the invite
The apology came after many people took to Twitter to raise objection to not having a single woman speaker in the panelists on Banking conclave despite many women being in top managerial positions in leading banks across India.
Banks suffer due to bad loans, then economy suffers as banks lend less – Read how ‘Bad Bank’ will break this vicious cycle
NARCL is intended to resolve stressed loan assets above ₹500 crore each amounting to about ₹2 lakh crore in total
Now private sector banks can conduct government transactions, union government lifts embargo
Private sector banks will be able to conduct govt-related transactions such as taxes, pension, small savings schemes etc
Central Government appoints Expert Committee to make an overall assessment in relation to waiver of interest on loans
The Expert Committee will be looking into matters including waiver of interest and waiver of interest on interest.
Union government brings cooperative banks under RBI control through an ordinance
The cabinet on Wednesday passed an ordinance to extend the Reserve Bank of India's supervision over the cooperative banks
India Post delivers Rs 1,000 crore in cash to account holders, 23 lakh new bank accounts created during the lockdown
Nearly Rs 1,051 crore have been delivered by India Post in as many as 59 lakh transactions during the lockdown period
RBI Governor announces new measures to ease financial distress amidst coronavirus lockdown
Quoting the IMF projection of 1.9% (GDP) growth, the RBI Governor said that India's growth would be the highest among the G20 countries
Banks allowed to defer EMIs by 3 months, cut in repo rate, liquidity injection of Rs 3.74 lakh crores: Highlights of the RBI Governor’s...
The most important notification put out by the RBI on Friday was that a three-month moratorium has been announced on payment of instalments of loans outstanding on March 1, 2020.
Enforcement Directorate summons Anil Ambani who had borrowed ₹14,000 crores from Yes Bank
The ED had sought information regarding terms and conditions, side agreements of the loans disbursed by Yes Bank to Anil Ambani for his construction company.
Rana Kapoor and Wife booked for taking bribes to the tune of ₹307 crores through the purchase of posh Delhi bungalow
The fact that Bliss Abode Pvt Ltd. (where Kapoor was a co-borrower) bought the property (in charge with Yes Bank, the founder of which is Rana Kapoor) was a clear case of conflict of interest. This vital information was withheld from the Yes Bank Board and the MCC in violation of the bank's code of conduct and the Companies Act, 2013.
