What is it? The government has announced a capital infusion in public sector banks amounting to ₹2.11 lakh crore over financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 through the issue of recapitalisation bonds, enabling…
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National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is a fund created by the Government of India for enhancing infrastructure financing in the country. This is different from the National Investment Fund. NIIF…
Indian curry is quite a hit in the West. So can global investors be tempted to try out Masala bonds? That’s something the Indian Railway Finance Corporation, which recently approved…
Context: India slipped 21 places on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index to 108, behind neighbours China and Bangladesh, primarily due to less participation of women in…
This refers to the phenomenon wherein policies that are aimed at addressing a problem only manage to worsen it by leading to some unintended consequences. The term originates from the…
India has moved up 30 places in the latest ease of doing business ranking by the World Bank, as per in its Doing Business 2018 report, which was released on Tuesday. The…
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Shri Giriraj Singh launched MSME Delayed Payment Portal - MSME Samadhaan (http://msefc.msme.gov.in) empowering micro and small entrepreneurs across the country to directly register their…
Commercial papers have become one of the popular routes for corporates to raise funds when compared with loans from banks in recent times. Here is all you need to know…
In strategic disinvestment the government sells major portion of its stake to a strategic buyer and also gives over the management control. Under it, the strategic Partner, may hold less percentage of shares…
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