Sweeping amendments in FDI rules
The Government of India introduced major changes in FDI policy on Monday, Jun 20, 2016, bringing most sectors and activities under the automatic approval route. The changes introduced now simplifies the regulations governing foreign investments, and increase sectoral caps with a small negative list. These amendments are the second sweeping changes in FDI policy after…
Read article Things to know about FDI
(The importance of FDI is explained in this article in questions and answers format. The questions are like What way FDI is useful to domestic economy?, Why overseas entities invest in other countries?, Why India attracts FDI?, Why shop-keepers, businessmen and some political parties in India oppose FDI?, Is there any restriction for FDI?, What…
Read articleUnion Cabinet approves take-over by State Bank of India (SBI) of all the 5 of its subsidiaries
In a leading move to the consolidation of struggling public sector banks, Union Cabinet today (15th Jun 2016) has approved take over of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad , State Bank of Mysore and State Bank of Travancore by State Bank of India. The Government sources said that the above move is…
Read articleSecond Bimonthly statement of RBI: Key policy rate remain unchanged
RBI in its Second Bi-Monthly Statement with regard to ‘Monetary and Liquidity Measures’ made on 06.06.2016 decided to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.5 per cent; keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL);…
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What is Micro ATM?
(This article elucidates the role of micro ATMs in rural India and the details of how these ATMs work. Advantage and disadvantage of Micro ATMs is explained.) The Micro ATM is the developed version of point of sales (POS) terminals with the advanced features like the biometric scanner (finger print scanner) attached to it. Unlike…
Stand-Up India Scheme for financing SC/ST and/or Women Entrepreneurs
The Stand-Up India Scheme is launched by Government of India to generate the profitable employment to hitherto underserved segment of our society. The scheme provides bank loans between 10 lakh and 100 lakh to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch for setting…
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