Trust between government, industry critical to leverage opportunities created by pandemic, says Finance Minister SitharamanElaborating on the government's strategy for handling the pandemic, the minister said that on one hand the focus is on ramping up vaccinati...
13 Sep, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
Finance Ministry invites entries for new DFI's name, logo"@FinMinIndia in association with @mygovindia is announcing a contest to crowdsource the name, tagline and logo of the new Development Fina...
28 Jul, 2021, 08.46 PM IST
IIFCL FY21 results: Profit surges over three-fold to Rs 325 crore; NPA easesThe company's asset quality witnessed improvement as net non-performing assets (NPAs) came down to 5.39 per cent from 9.75 per cent.
22 Jun, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
SIDBI invites bids from consultants to help set up Rs 20,000 cr NaBFIDThe Infra DFI is being established through an Act of Parliament as a statutory body to address market failures that stem from the long-term...
06 Jun, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
India well-armed to tackle second wave: Finance MinistryThe boost to infrastructure and capital spending in the budget along with the AtmaNirbharBharat Mission would contribute to the resilience ...
05 Apr, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Targeting investment from around 1K companies: DPIIT Secretary“We are targeting around 1,000-odd companies based on their pronouncements in various fora. Tesla is one of them we are talking (to),” Moha...
26 Mar, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
Targetting investment from 1,000-odd cos including Tesla: Industry secy“We are also looking at their individual interest, their India office setup, the MoUs they have signed. PLI (Production Linked Incentive Sc...
25 Mar, 2021, 08.34 PM IST
Budget session concludes, Lok Sabha records 114 pc productivityThe session started on January 29 and was originally slated to end on April 8 but several members had urged Speaker Om Birla to end it earl...
25 Mar, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
Opposition says National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill 'lacks' oversightJharna Das Baidya of the CPI (M) demanded that the government set out a structural financial mechanism for this, as such institutions like ...
25 Mar, 2021, 04.36 PM IST
Parliament passes bill to set up National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and DevelopmentThe Rajya Sabha passed the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) Bill 2021 by voice vote on Thursday.
25 Mar, 2021, 01.37 PM IST
Government introduces NaBFID Bill in Lok SabhaThe bill seeks to establish NaBFID with an authorised share capital of ₹1 lakh crore to support the development of long-term non-recourse i...
23 Mar, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
FM Sitharaman urges advanced economies to scale up climate change financing commitmentsIndia is looking to create a system to certify climate resilience of infrastructure being built amid repeated occurrence of natural disaste...
19 Mar, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
Government to introduce DFI Bill in Lok Sabha next weekThe union cabinet earlier this week had approved a budget proposal of setting up a Development Finance Institution (DFI), which will have t...
19 Mar, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
Private sector DFIs may get 5-year tax holidayThe cabinet on Tuesday approved the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) — the state-run DFI proposed in the...
18 Mar, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
Govt to hold at least 26% in DFI, offer guaranteesThe government is likely to have full ownership of the DFI to start with but over time may offer up to 74% stake to domestic and foreign fi...
04 Mar, 2021, 07.34 AM IST
Govt to bring amendments to two Acts to enable privatisation of PSU banksAmendments would be required in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 and the Banking Companies (Acqui...
16 Feb, 2021, 02.30 PM IST
Government to introduce bills to set up DFI, Digital Currency“To set up a new DFI as a provider, enabler and catalyst for infrastructure financing,” the NaBFID Bill 2021 purpose of statement noted, ad...
30 Jan, 2021, 11.26 AM IST