(BS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday launched a portal to enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to get in-principle approval of loans within an hour without the need for a branch visit. The web portal, www.psbloansin59minutes.com, will enable in-principle nod for loans up to Rs 10 million within 59 minutes for MSMEs, financial services department secretary Rajiv Kumar said. The portal is for securing loan approvals only from Small Industries Development Bank of India, and five public sector banks (PSB) — State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Vijaya Bank, and Indian Bank.
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(DJ) सुप्रीम कोर्ट की संविधान पीठ का आज आधार और प्रमेाशन में आरक्षण मामले में फैसला आ सकता है। आधार मामले में मुख्य न्यायाधीश दीपक मिश्रा की अध्यक्षता वाली पांच सदस्यीय संविधानपीठ ने गत 10 मई को सभी पक्षों की बहस सुनकर फैसला सुरक्षित रख लिया था। प्रमोशन में आरक्षण मामले में यह तय होगा कि प्रमोशन में आरक्षण मामले में नागराज मामले में पुनर्विचार किया जाए या नहीं, यह तय किया जाएगा। इसके साथ ही सुप्रीम कोर्ट में कल ही कोर्ट की लाइव सुनवाई को लेकर भी फैसला आ सकता है। सेवानिवृत जज पुत्तासामी और कई अन्य लोगों ने आधार…
(ET) India is not planning to buy any crude oil from Iran in November, raising the prospect that Tehran will lose another major customer as U.S. sanctions hit. Indian Oil Corp. and Bharat Petroleum Corp. haven’t asked for any Iranian cargoes for loading in November, according to officials at the companies. Nayara Energy also doesn’t plan any purchases, said an industry executive. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. hasn’t made any nominations for that month, but may do so later, later, a company official said. Final decisions on purchases aren’t due until early October, so the refiners could still change their minds. The…
(Odisha Sun Times) Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has been conferred with the 5th CSR Impact Awards in Environment Category for its natural resource management initiatives under CSR programmes. JSPL Group Head (CSR & Education) Prashant Kumar Hota received the award on behalf of the company from Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde. JSPL was awarded for implementation of Integrated Watershed Development & WADI programmes in Odisha and Chhattisgarh in partnership with NABARD. After receiving the award Hota said, the WADI and Watershed projects have been instrumental in bringing all round development in villages of…
(ET) The government is planning a share buyback by Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to help meet the challenging divestment target for the year, according to people familiar with the matter. The buyback, if approved by the board of ONGC, is likely to be close to a billion dollars in size, they said. The government has begun discussing the option of buyback with ONGC, and plans to offer part of its shareholding back to the company, people said. ONGC, which currently has no cash reserve and a net debt of about Rs 14,000 crore, may primarily use its internal cashflow…
(DJ) मध्य प्रदेश की राजधानी भोपाल में आयोजित भाजपा के कार्यकर्ता महाकुंभ में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने कांग्रेस पर जमकर प्रहार किए। उन्होंने कहा कि 125 साल की कांग्रेस की स्थिति यह हो गई कि पराजय के भय से गठबंधन के लिए छोटे-छोटे दलों के पैर पकड़ रही है। देश में जब गठबंधन की संभावना नहीं दिखी तो विदेश जाकर मेरे खिलाफ गठबंधन किए जा रहे हैं। अब क्या दूसरे देश तय करेंगे कि हिंदुस्तान का पीएम कौन बनेगा? उन्होंने कहा कि ऐसे लोगों से देश को बचाना है। इस दौरान उन्होंने चुनावी शंखनाद करते हुए कार्यकर्ताओं को अपना बूथ…
(FE) Under immense pressure to get the cane dues of the last season cleared urgently before the new season begins in less than a month’s time, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday announced a soft loan of Rs 4,000 crore plus a subsidy of Rs 4.50/quintal to clear the dues of the farmers by November 30. Briefing newsmen after the cabinet meeting, the chief minister said the soft loans will be provided through banks and other financial institutions on an interest rate of 5% for five years to all those sugar mills that have paid at least…
(AU) पेट्रोल और डीजल पर लगने वाले वैट की दरों में एकरूपता लाने के उद्देश्य से चंडीगढ़ में उत्तर भारत के पांच राज्यों के वित्तमंत्रियों और अफसरों ने मंथन किया। इस मंथन बैठक में हरियाणा के वित्त मंत्री कैप्टन अभिमन्यु, पंजाब के वित्त मंत्री मनप्रीत सिंह बादल और दिल्ली के उप मुख्यमंत्री मनीष सिसोदिया के अतिरिक्त उत्तर प्रदेश, हिमाचल प्रदेश और चंडीगढ़ के आबकारी एवं कराधान विभाग के अधिकारी भी मौजूद रहे। बैठक में इस बात पर भी सहमती बनी की इन राज्यों में आबकारी नीति, ट्रांसपोर्ट परमिट और गाड़ियों के पंजीकरण से जुड़े करों में भी एकरूपता लाई जाए।…
(LiveMint) India has for the first time allowed state refiners to buy 35% of their oil imports in tankers arranged by the seller, a document reviewed by Reuters showed, enabling them to swiftly tap cheaper cargoes. The move will help refiners in Iran’s second biggest oil market to boost purchases from alternative sources as US President Donald Trump prepares to halt Iranian oil sales through a new set of sanctions from 4 November. The measure is part of a series of attempts by the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer to cut its surging oil import bill in the face of rising oil prices and a weaker…
(PTI) BJP president Amit Shah will address booth-level party workers at a meeting in Dhankya village of Jaipur district on Wednesday. During his one day visit, Shah will inaugurate ‘Deendayal Upadhyay memorial’ at Dhankya and will address the booth workers meeting, Bharatiya Janata Party’s state general secretary Bhajanlal said. He informed that Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Union minister Piyush Goyal and other leaders will also attend the programme.