The government on Wednesday allowed firms like ONGC and Vedanta to sell locally produced crude oil to any Indian refinery for turning it into fuel, such as petrol and diesel, as it deregulated one of the last few avenues that were still under its control. While contracts for oilfields awarded since 1999 gave producers the [...]
About a dozen states on Wednesday pitched for extending by a few years the compensation paid to states for revenue lost from the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) regime. The GST Council, the highest decision-making body of the indirect tax regime, however, did not take any decision at its meeting here. A [...]
Inflationary pressures are likely to continue and force the RBI to further hike interest rates during the course of the current fiscal but the tighter financial conditions can impact growth, finance industry veteran Deepak Parekh said on Wednesday. Parekh, who is the chairman of HDFC Asset Management Company, said there are reasons to be optimistic [...]
Karnataka Bank has raised the interest rates on deposits of below Rs 2 crore to up to 5.50 per cent per annum to be effective from next month. The bank said it has increased the deposit rates by 10 basis points (0.10 per cent) for 1-2 years of deposits as well for above 2-5 years [...]
As the competition heats up between banks and the new-age fintech firms, large banks with healthy operational perfomances and strong balance sheet will continue to grow faster than the industry, Axis Bank MD&CEO Amitabh Chaudhry said in the annual report 2021-22 released on Wednesday. With a number of transformation driven initiatives like One Axis and [...]
Pharmaceutical company Innova Captab Ltd has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO comprises fresh issuance of equity shares worth Rs 400 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 96 lakh equity shares by promoters and other shareholders, according to the [...]
Sebi has imposed a penalty totalling Rs 44 crore on 18 entities, including National Stock Exchange (NSE), its business development officer Ravi Varanasi, former MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and her adviser Subramanian Anand along with certain stock brokers in the 'dark fibre' case. Apart from NSE and its former officials, others penalised by Sebi [...]
Leading multiplex chain operator PVR expects the movie exhibition industry to bounce back "dynamically" in FY23 and plans to open as many as 125 screens during the year, its highest ever tally in a year. According to the company's latest annual report, PVR, which is merging with rival Inox Leisure, expects the process to be [...]
Tata Technologies Ltd on Wednesday said it has joined the Foxconn-initiated MIH Consortium to promote development of sustainable mobility solutions and encourage collaboration within the industry. The MIH (Mobility In Harmony Consortium) comprises more than 2,300 members in the field of software, hardware, and services. The goal of this open electric vehicle alliance is to [...]
Edible oil firm Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd on Tuesday said the name of the company has been changed to Patanjali Foods Ltd with effect from June 24. In 2019, Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved acquired Ruchi Soya for Rs 4,350 crore through an insolvency process. In a regulatory filing, Ruchi Soya informed that it has "received [...]
