by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 7:27 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday said it has entered into co-lending agreements with five housing finance companies to serve the underserved and unserved borrowers. The five housing finance companies (HFCs) are: PNB Housing Finance, IIFL Home Finance, Shriram Housing Finance, Edelweiss Housing Finance, and [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 7:24 pm | Commodities, Commodity Prices, Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) People indulging in wrongdoing will be punished as there is no law in the country to protect either big industrialists or politicians, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal told Parliament on Thursday. Responding to the debate on the Demands for Grants of the Commerce and Industry Ministry in the Lok [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 7:18 pm | News
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The board of JSW Energy has approved the appointment of Rajeev Sharma as an additional and independent director, and Pritesh Vinay as an additional and whole-time director (finance), the company said on Thursday. The company's board, at its meeting held on Thursday, approved the appointment of Rajeev Sharma as an [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 7:14 pm | Commodities, Economy, Foreign Exchange and Rupee Price, News
United Nations, Mar 23 (PTI) India's projected economic growth for 2022 has been downgraded by over two per cent to 4.6% by the United Nations, a decrease attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from trade sanctions, food inflation, tightening policies and [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 7:06 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) A parliamentary panel on Thursday said the Union Agriculture Ministry is far from ensuring doubling the income of farmers and pointed out that incomes have rather fallen in some states like Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Odisha between 2015-16 and 2018-19. The committee has recommend the ministry to form a [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 7:00 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Thursday urged Geological Survey of India to reduce timeframe for the submission of mineral exploration reports. The minister asked Geological Survey of India (GSI) to complete survey and preparation of report in a year using latest technologies, the Mines [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 6:56 pm | Corporate Action, News
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd has inked a pact with Bureau of Energy Efficiency to demonstrate Energy Efficiency Projects (DEEP) in industrial units, under the PAT (Perform Achieve Trade) scheme. The agreement has been signed to improve energy efficiency in the industry through demonstration of energy efficient technologies. The Bureau [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 6:46 pm | Foreign Exchange and Rupee Price, News
Mumbai, Mar 24 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 6 paise to close at 76.33 against the US dollar in a restricted trade on Thursday, as investors assess the global economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict amid elevated global crude oil prices to find a decisive direction.A weak trend in domestic equities and strengthening US dollar in [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 6:41 pm | News
Chennai, Mar 24 (PTI) Neuberg Diagnostics, a leading pathology lab chain, has been appointed as an official diagnostic partner for IPL teams Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, and Punjab Kings for the forthcoming edition of the league. This is the second year the IPL has partnered with Neuberg Diagnostics as its diagnostic partner and has [...]
by PTI News | Mar 24, 2022 | 6:39 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022, authorising the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of programmes and schemes for the fiscal beginning April 1. This completes two-thirds of the budgetary exercise [...]