Moody's Investors Service on Monday said higher interest rates have increased repayment amounts and limited refinancing options for SME borrowers who have availed loans against property, heightening default risk for these loans. "Even if the RBI were to keep rates on hold from here, the repayment amounts will weigh on SME borrowers' capacities to repay [...]
Public sector banks (PSBs) have set a target for the sale of flagship government insurance schemes Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) in FY24. Besides, they have also set goals for other financial inclusion schemes like Mudra Yojana and StandUp India Scheme. There are about 8.3 crore [...]
The country's largest IT services company TCS will continue investing in research and innovation, office spaces and technology infrastructure at the same pace even as it wades through near-term volatilities, a senior official has said. The company's promise to continue with the normal wage hikes will hit the operating profit margins by a further 1.70-1.75 [...]
To facilitate a seamless entry process for vehicles into the forest area, Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) has inked a pact with the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve spread across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, according to an official statement. IHMCL is a company incorporated by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to carry out electronic [...]
Global investment firm Blackstone-sponsored Nexus Select Trust is likely to launch India's first retail REIT public offer in early May to raise up to Rs 4,000 crore. In November last year, Nexus Select Trust filed the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with market regulator Sebi to launch its retail REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust). Nexus [...]
There is no freeze on the disinvestment process of RINL, the Steel Ministry clarified on Friday. Clarifying some media reports regarding the hold on the disinvestment process of the state-owned steel maker, the ministry, in a statement, said that the disinvestment process of RINL is in progress. "There is no freeze on the disinvestment process [...]
Power trading solutions provider PTC India has appointed three retired officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) as independent directors of the company. The company has also appointed Mahendra Kumar Gupta as a nominee director of NHPC. In a statement, PTC India informed about the appointments of Rashmi Verma, Jayant Dasgupta and Narendra Kumar as [...]
Zee Music Company, a division of media firm Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), on Friday announced the renewal of its licensing agreement with YouTube and Meta, earlier known as Facebook. The deal with two of the world's largest digital content-streaming companies will allow them to access music content from Zee Music's catalogue of over 11,000 [...]
Growing awareness about mutual funds and the ease of transactions through digital push led Nippon India Mutual Fund's investor accounts to surge to nearly 2 crore at the end of the financial year 2022-23, making it the largest fund house in terms of folio count, its CEO Sundeep Sikka said. The fund house has seen [...]
The NCLT has granted Future Retail Ltd (FRL) an extension of 90 days for concluding the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of the company. Allowing FRL's plea the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has extended the deadline to July 15, 2023, for concluding the CIRP of FRL. "... NCLT on April [...]
