RTI is a great boon for citizens of India

The Right to Information Act 2005 is hailed as a revolution in India's evolution as a democracy. It empowers the ordinary citizen who has hither-to been armed with only his vote, with the tools of......

Sebi panel favours higher net worth for brokers

The Committee on Review of Eligibility Norms, constituted by markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India, has come out with its initial set of recommendations on which the regulator......

Sebi tightens norms for independent directors

In efforts to bolster corporate governance among listed companies, Sebi on Tuesday approved various amendments to rules governing the appointment, re-appointment and removal of independent......

NSE co-location case: Probe shifts towards money trail, illicit gains

As a multi-agency probe into the NSE case gathers pace, the grant of preferential server and data access to select brokers and their suspected misuse are being investigated threadbare to unveil all......

Bank loan to MFIs is priority sector lending: RBI

The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said that loans extended by banks to micro-finance institutions (MFIs) from April 1 onward will be classified as priority sector lending."Bank loans to all MFIs,......