Mamata Banerjee’s savings scheme may fail to keep tryst with October 5 deadlineThe scheme was announced with a flair as if as an answer to the demand raised by some 17.4 lakh sufferers of the Saradha chit fund scam.
04 Oct, 2013, 11.15 AM IST
- UCO bank faces state threat over missing funds
The WB govt has threatened to blacklist Uco Bank as the bank dithers in compensating a state undertaking of Rs 120 cr.
29 Mar, 2013, 12.05 PM IST
- Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit to become West Bengal state congress General secretary
The Congress MLA from Nalhati in Birbhum district and son of the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, Abhijit will get a prize post in the WB...
04 Aug, 2011, 08.37 PM IST
- Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit becomes WBIDFC chairman
Abhijit Mukherjee, the son of Congress veteran and union finance minister Pranab Mukhejee, has become the chairman of West Bengal Industria...
25 Jun, 2011, 05.50 PM IST
- Fitch Director Devendra Kumar Pant talks to ET
Fitch Ratings India has recently raised questions about West Bengal's credit-worthiness. Fitch director Devendra Kumar Pant, who was part o...
02 Apr, 2009, 03.15 PM IST
- Credit rating agencies raise concerns over Bengal's credit
Credit rating agencies have raised concerns over West Bengal's credit worthiness in the light of the state's widening deficits and huge lev...
31 Mar, 2009, 12.25 PM IST
- West Bengal govt ask banks to offer soft loans to SHGs
Self-Help Groups in West Bengal haven't had it this good in years. The West Bengal govt has asked banks operating in the state to offer sof...
10 Mar, 2009, 09.04 PM IST
- West Bengal borrowings jump10-fold this fiscal
Faced with a negative growth in net small savings collection this year, the West Bengal government has been relying entirely on market borr...
10 Mar, 2008, 03.17 AM IST
- Dollar inflows good for corporate bond mkt
Concerned about large dollar inflows, RBI would now want to ease the pressure on ECBs by bolstering the bond market. Credit-Happy Indians
09 Oct, 2007, 12.35 PM IST
- Pvt placement of bonds up 44%
Mobilisation of funds through private placement of bonds rose by 44% to Rs 50,426 crore in the first half of the financial year ending Marc...
28 Nov, 2006, 12.35 AM IST
- Fitch assigns stable rating to WBIDFC debt programme
Global rating agency Fitch has assigned stable rating to the Rs 1,000 crore long-term debt programme of West Bengal Infrastructure Developm...
14 Jun, 2006, 09.00 PM IST