Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the legislation will benefit small depositors, including those of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank.
In September 2019, RBI had placed PMC under regulatory restrictions, including cap on withdrawals by its customers, after detection of certain financial irregularities.
PMC Bank, put under restrictions in September 2019, had invited expressions of interest in November, and 4 entities — financial sector players and corporates — have come forward.
RBI’s process to fix the bank hasn’t yielded any results. The bank’s net worth is wiped out and its depositors are struggling with restrictions on withdrawal.
The hotels belonged to the Fab Hotels group. Last year, ED filed a PMLA case to probe into alleged loan fraud in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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