Loan growth is likely to stay sluggish this yr due to weak demand & cautious approach on unsecured lending. Going forward, gap between credit growth & deposit growth is likely to shrink.
The central bank last month issued a circular ordering banks to start, from next year, to keep aside larger buffers in relation to accounts connected to the internet, mobile or UPI.
To avoid high credit-deposit ratios, banks need to maintain healthy deposit base — a difficult task considering the competition they face from MFs & physical assets like gold, real estate.
At 'Viksit Bharat, Viksit Jammu Kashmir' event in Srinagar, Modi rebuked previous governments for corrupt practices that destroyed bank & risked thousands of crores of depositors' money.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the legislation will benefit small depositors, including those of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank.
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)'s response comes in the wake of the PMC Bank crisis and other bank frauds that have put people's savings at risk.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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