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Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicState Bank of India

Topic: State Bank of India

Electoral bonds worth Rs 1,716 cr issued this year — it’s Rs 660 cr more than all of 2018

The revelations through an RTI inquiry comes as Supreme Court is hearing a petition, seeking a stay on the scheme.

Electoral bonds to be sold during Lok Sabha polls, says govt after press release muddle

Launched in March 2018, electoral bonds are meant to ensure transparency in political funding and offer an alternative to cash donations.

India’s bankruptcy law will exist—with dentures in place of teeth

India’s two-year-old bankruptcy regime has been brought to the brink of irrelevance by the strain of resolving its most high-profile case -- Essar...

Edelweiss raises $1.3 billion to profit from an unprecedented bad-loan clean up in India

The company will use the funds to buy and turn around stressed assets

By 2050, more than 20% of people in south India will be over 65. And that spells trouble

A State Bank of India report says this will put pressure on these states’ infrastructure, and widen income distribution gap between the south and north.

All that Jet needed to keep flying was one rupee

There’s still plenty of potential in Jet, provided it can modify its business model, or take that elusive one rupee seriously.

State Bank of India still has too many genies to bottle

The bank’s first quarterly profit in 12 months is no doubt an encouraging sign, though net income of $129 million on a $284 billion loan book is hardly worth celebrating.

India is considering the outright sale of IL&FS

Other options include splitting businesses according to verticals and disposing them off to several buyers or injecting  liquidity at group level

The clock is ticking on the patience of Indian equity funds investors

Of 416 open-ended, onshore equity funds, 401 have lost money. Imagine the peril if investors give up on funds sitting on hard-to-liquidate portfolios.

The 8 men and women who will find India’s first Lokpal

The search committee, which includes former SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, will recommend the names for the chairperson and members of the Lokpal.

On Camera

We can’t just blame Muslims and Englishmen for shattered Hindu unity: RSS chief Deoras

In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.