Monthly income of rural households increased by 57.6% in 5 yrs: NABARD surveyA survey by NABARD shows rural household monthly income rose by 57.6% in five years, from Rs 8,059 in 2016-17 to Rs 12,698 in 2021-22. Fina...
10 Oct, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
Pre-Budget meeting with FM: Tax sops, higher capex, stable tax regime top industry wishlistBudget expectations: Indian industry and financial institutions had their customary pre-budget consultations with Finance minister Nirmala ...
21 Jun, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
RRBs need to focus on digitally active customers to promote greater digitalisation of economy: FM Nirmala SitharamanWhile chairing the review meeting, the finance minister asked RRBs to continue their focus on the flagship schemes of the central governmen...
04 Aug, 2023, 10.19 PM IST
Indian state-run firms plan Rs 34,000 cr bond raid as yields drop: Bankers"Since yields have eased slightly, companies are going aggressive in their fundraising exercise, and also they would not want to keep a lar...
13 Jan, 2023, 01.50 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh Budget 2022: Govt announces to reduce age limit for pension from 70 years to 60 yrsHimachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur also announced to increase the Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme (MLALAD) fun...
04 Mar, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
Standalone PFs begins to cut stocks, book profits & bet on bondsThere are about 1,552 such funds - known as exempted provident funds - with an estimated Rs7-8 lakh crore corpus which can invest as much a...
30 Sep, 2021, 06.05 AM IST
Employees and retired employees of Nabard observe one-day strike; seek pension updationThe past chairmen and managing directors of the development financial institution wrote the letter a month back but there was no progress o...
30 Mar, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
Financial sector firms pitch for tax break, GST reduction at pre-Budget meeting with FMIn a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, representatives of financial sector and capital markets also highlighted ...
16 Dec, 2019, 08.31 PM IST
88 per cent rural households have savings account: Nabard surveyAll India IOI taking rural households together stood at 47.4 per cent, as per the Nabard All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS) relea...
16 Aug, 2018, 08.46 PM IST
LIC buys first issuance of longest maturity bondsNHAI will need to raise about Rs 1.3 lakh crore by 2020 on the back of increasing cost of land acquisition due to faster construction, acco...
28 Jun, 2018, 10.39 PM IST
Demonetisation effect: 12.54 lakh PoS terminals added in January-March quarterWith the addition, the total number of PoS terminals increased to 27.73 lakh at the end of March 2017.
24 May, 2017, 09.22 PM IST
Bankers could act as counsellors for farmers: Arjun Ram Meghwal"There should be deliberation on ways to diversify the income sources of farmers so that the income is doubled," Meghwal said.
12 Jul, 2016, 02.54 PM IST
Tax-free bonds better, stay away from annuities, say expertsLow annuity rates offered by insurance companies are torpedoing Jaitley’s ‘pensioned society vision’. And most experts are asking investors...
14 Mar, 2016, 10.23 AM IST
EPFO trustees to discuss investment in equity tomorrowRetirement fund body EPFO's trustees will deliberate tomorrow on investing part of over Rs 6 lakh crore corpus in equities and relaxing nor...
18 Dec, 2014, 07.55 PM IST
- Annual Credit Plan to disburse Rs 1,717.73 crore in 2013-14
The release said the banks prepared the ACP on the basis of past trends, future potential and the potential linked credit plan of NABARD.
20 Mar, 2013, 03.42 PM IST
- We need Rs 10k cr to make our role meaningful: KG Karmakar, MD NABARD
NABARD, Managing director, KG Karmakar talks to ET about his plans that include bringing farm loan interest rate down to only 4%.
19 Apr, 2010, 04.08 AM IST
- Easy access to banking services for all on cards
Each rural and semi-urban bank branch will have to open at least 250 bank accounts for those who do not have access to banking services.
06 Feb, 2008, 12.09 AM IST