Talking of NPAs or toxic assets in the context of Indian banks , this should be an interesting read…………The total amount of bad loans in India’s banks is bigger than the GDP of 112 countries.India’s burden of bad loans is truly gigantic.An analyst from India Ratings and Research, a credit ratings agency and a unit…
The main reasons for increase in NPAs of banks include sluggishness in domestic growth during the recent past, slowdown in recovery in the global economy and continuing uncertainty in the global markets leading to lower exports of various products like textile, engineering goods, leather, gems.Besides external factors, Finance Ministry’s annual report said, ban in mining…
The National Payments Corp. of India Ltd’s (NPCI) most ambitious project, unified payments interface (UPI) system, will go live on Monday. The payments interface is expected to bring about a significant shift in the way mobile banking transactions are conducted. 1. Reduce need for e-wallets: UPI is set to allow you to make payments using…
The Goals of Monetary PolicyPrimarily price stability, while keeping in mind the objective of growth.In India, subsequent to the recommendations of the Dr. Urjit Patel Committee Report, the Reserve Bank has formally announced a “glide path” for disinflation that sets an objective of below 8 per cent CPI inflation by January 2015 and below 6…
Much of the economy depends on oil. This is why prices of oil matter to almost every economy. Global crude oil prices are down nearly by 60% this year to $40 per barrel-levels from $110 / barrel at the start of the year. This has caused a crisis in countries like Russia, which depends on…
Experts believe that the transmission will be more in the coming months. “We expect the 10-year yield falls to around 7% by December because RBI may cut 50 to 75 bps before December,” said Sivakumar. And since small savings rates are linked to market rates now, it is also expected to come down further in…
Reserve Bank has issued Master Direction on Interest Rate in Deposits vide its Direction ” RBI/DBR/2015-16/19Master Direction DBR. Dir. No.84/13.03.00/2015-16 ” dated 3rd March 2016. The said directions spell uniform guidelines for payment of interest rates on various deposits as regards its rates. periodicity, premature withdrawals etc on domestic as well as NRE and FCNR(B) deposits. One…
ECS will be replaced with NACH from 01/04/2016. Kindly ensure that all ECS payment to be made through till 31/03/2016.NACH stands for National Automated Clearing House.National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has implemented “National Automated Clearing House (NACH)” for Banks, Financial Institutions, Corporates and Government a web based solution to facilitate interbank, high volume, electronic…
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