The direct spending by the centre, on Thursday's announcements will include Rs 3,500 crore that the centre will spend on providing free foodgrains to 80 million migrants
Sitharaman announced a special liquidity scheme of Rs 30,000 crore for NBFCs, housing finance companies (HFCs) and MFIs, which are finding it difficult to raise money from the debt markets.
SBI, however, said it is in the process of introducing a pre-approved personal loan offering through YONO to provide relief to its salaried customers during Covid-19 crisis
Had it not been for Covid-19 impact, the company would have reported a sharp 80 per cent year-on-year jump in its pre-tax profit to Rs 692 core.
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Rajnish Kumar said, "a certainty on regulatory stance, and support that may be coming from the government, is required as we are now in the exit phase of the lockdown."
Though stock gained over 6%, Q4 numbers gave investors nothing to cheer about
According to data from Bloomberg, banks have seen among the sharpest cuts in target prices -- between 16 and 60 per cent.
Considers 25 fresh credit proposals from shadow banks
As the Nifty Bank index shows a negative reversal, the banking stocks are struggling to conquer their respective resistance levels.
Senior SBI executives said most of those seeking deferment are retail and micro and small enterprises and are hard-pressed for resources when earning and cash flows have almost dried up.
The number of NPA accounts rose from 2,08,035 as of March 31, 2014, to 6,17,306 as of December 2019
SBI, however, notes that incremental credit to industry is highest in 147 months
Affirms Issuer Default Ratings for seven banks including these four and Bank of India, Canara and PNB
On April 1, Punjab National Bank (PNB) took over Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and United Bank of India (UBI) to become the country's second-largest lender after SBI in terms of business
Banks have built internal capacities for assisting companies, including micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs).
The weight of FMCG, software and pharma companies in Nifty now at 31.5% from 25.3% in December 2017
Among all banks, SBI controls a market share of 22% in the MSME lending
Given the scale of demand contraction, we need a fiscal package of at least 3-4 per cent of GDP
However, there was no clarity on whether the finance companies that borrow from banks would get the option to delay payments to their lender banks.