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Wipro Consumer Care – Ventures invests in Singapore-based fund

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting's venture funding arm, Wipro Consumer Care - Ventures, has invested in a Singapore-based VC Fund DSG Consumer Partners IV, a statement said. The company did not disclose the amount of funding. DSG, since its inception in 2012, is focused on the Asian consumer segment with [...]

Interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for first quarter of FY23

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The government on Thursday kept interest rates unchanged for small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the first quarter of 2022-23 amid rising inflation. The interest rate has not been revised since the first quarter of 2020-21. Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will continue to [...]

Veranda Learning IPO subscribed 3.53 times on final day of offer

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The initial public offering of Veranda Learning Solutions Limited was subscribed 3.53 times on the last day of the offer on Thursday. The Rs 200-crore public offer received bids for over 4.15 crore shares against 1.17 crore shares on offer, according to the data available with the NSE. The category [...]

IREDA sanctions Rs 267 cr loan to BluSmart Mobility

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) State-run Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has sanctioned a Rs 267.67-crore loan to BluSmart Mobility for the purchase of 3,000 all-electric cars. "In a bid to promote electric vehicles in Delhi-NCR region, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA), the largest lender of the Renewable Energy sector in India, [...]

Mutual funds: Sebi extends deadline for compliance with certain directions to July 1

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) Providing more time to fund houses, Sebi on Thursday extended the deadline for implementing certain directions for mutual funds, including those pertaining to usage of pool accounts for transactions, to July 1. In October 2021, Sebi had said that stock brokers and clearing members should not accept payment through one-time [...]

Govt to borrow Rs 8.45 lakh cr from market in Apr-Sep

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The Union government is looking to raise Rs 8.45 lakh crore through borrowing in the first half of 2022-23 to fund the revenue gap for reviving the economy, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. Out of gross market borrowing of Rs 14.31 lakh crore estimated for FY2022-23, Rs 8.45 lakh [...]