What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
Even thoughstatistics show that tourists are coming to India in greater numbers in 2003, smaller countries such as Malaysia get double the amount of tourists, without speaking of China, where......
Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......
The Reserve Bank of India has initiated a review of the benchmarking system for pricing floating rate loans, a move that could impact 70 to 75 per cent of banks' loan portfolios. Benchmarking in......
Corporate loan rates have shot up by as much as 2 per cent in the last one month. The lending rates have increased to around PLR (prime lending rate) minus 2 per cent from PLR minus 4 per cent till......
State Bank of India has fixed its benchmark prime lending rate at 10.25 per cent, 0.25 per cent below the existing PLR, which is 10.5 per cent, with effect from the new year even as it decided to......
Concerned over the continuing slowdown in deposit growth, banks have come out with a unique suggestion for increasing their deposits. They have sought the Reserve Bank of India's permission for......
If you are hunting for a housing loan, you are certain to try and get the best deal on interest rate. But you are certain to be equally careless about the fine prints when it comes to signing the......
'We have the talent, our problem is attitude!' Finding Ramakant Achrekar was as simple as making my way to Shivaji Park and asking the first boy I saw with a bat in his hand where I could find the......