Extending a special liquidity facility to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) is not being considered, said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

In a teleconference with researchers and analysts, N S Vishwanathan, deputy governor at the central bank, said: “The RBI’s position is that there is adequate liquidity in the system and it is for the lenders to take a view on which borrower to give money to.

With State Bank of India (SBI) lowering savings bank rate to 3.25 per cent, and the latest print of inflation at 3.2 per cent, depositors keeping their money in savings bank account are technically not seeing their money grow.

Inflation is expected to rise from here, and according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) estimates, the consumer price-based index (CPI) could be between 3.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent in the second half of fiscal 2019-20.

NEW DELHI : Forced by regulatory uncertainty over review of sunset clause for call termination charges, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio on Wednesday announced it will charge customers 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to rival phone networks, but will compensate them by giving free data of equal value.

New Delhi: Coal India Ltd has lost 13 million tonnes, or 2.1%, of its annual output this financial year, due to strikes at Talcher coalfields, one of India's biggest, a spokesman for the company's unit said on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has decided to grant a tax exemption to a Chinese firm for 23 years to facilitate the establishment of its industrial units at Gwadar Port in Balochistan.

Pakistan's Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, along with the firm's Chief Executive Officer Zhang Baozhong,

Now, all eyes are on allotment of shares for those who had subscribed to IRCTC IPO. The IPO of IRCTC, which closed for subscription on October 3, attracted bumper demand and the issue was subscribed nearly 112 times. The allotment process is likely to be completed by today evening or tomorrow.

Mumbai: German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz said on Tuesday that it has delivered over 200 cars of various models to customers in Mumbai, Gujarat and other cities in a single day as part of the festival season sale.

Dussehra and Navratri deliveries, which were made on Tuesday, outperformed the number of cars sold on the the same festival day last year, indicating a strong festive mood, the company said in a release.

Yes Bank shares on Wednesday fell about 10 per cent after the lender denied the reports about strategic investment by Microsoft Corporation and two other tech firms for likely stake sale. The denial came a couple of days after a report said that Microsoft is among the three firms that are in talks with the private sector lender for stake sale. The stock of the private lender tumbled 9.98 per cent intraday to Rs 41.05 as compared the previous closing price of 45.60.

State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday announced reduction in its marginal cost of fund based lending (MCLR) rate by 10 basis points across all tenors, effective October 10.

This is the sixth time that the country’s largest lender has cut its MCLR or minimum lending rate in the current financial year. The rate reduction is not applicable to the repo-linked loans.

Despite the ongoing slowdown in the economy, e-tailers including Amazon and Flipkart have clocked in Rs 19,000 crore value sales in the six-day long festivities which started on 29 September. Homegrown Flipkart led the e-commerce platforms in terms of GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) with its standalone share at over 60%, consultancy firm RedSeer said. “Strong performance across categories including mobiles was the key reason for Flipkart leadership.

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