CII president K V Kamath, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Rajeev handrasekhar and Assocham President Sajjan Jindal held discussions with Chidambaram immediately after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had interacted with a larger industry group. The government as also the Reserve Bank of India have taken a number of steps since beginning of October to ward off the Indian banking system from the global financial contagion.
Terming the home loans package of PSU banks highly inadequate, Assocham President Sajjan Jindal demanded that the government peg the interest rate on housing loans up to Rs 30 lakh at 6% and at 8.5% for loans above this amount.
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