Category Archives: Glossary

ICICI Bank has sold stake in SHCIL to IFCI

According to a recent press report, ICICI Bank has sold its entire 16.9 per cent stake in Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL) to Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd (IFCI) at Rs. 818 a share. This makes IFCI the biggest shareholder in SHCIL. Reports said that the IFCI’s stake in SHCIL has increased to… Read More »

RBI has reported that Cost of financial services to poor is ‘exceedingly large’

According to a recent press report, Mr. Anand Sinha, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India has said that the transaction costs of financial services to the poor are ‘exceedingly large’ in comparison to their revenue generation potential in the short term. Mr. Sinha said the existing banking business model was not able to adequately address… Read More »

Chikmagalur Kodagu Grameena Bank – Purchase of Land for Agriculture Purpose

The bank offers the loan to farmers to make the small and marginal holdings economically viable, bring fallow lands and waste lands under cultivation, to step up agricultural production and productivity and to finance the share croppers /tenant farmers to purchase land to enable them to increase their income Purpose – The objective of this… Read More »

Chikmagalur Kodagu Grameena Bank – Financing Self Help Groups

Chikmagalur Kodagu Grameena Bank was established in the year of 1984 under the RRB Act1976. The Bank is named after the Districts Chikmagalur and Kodagu where the operational network is spread. The Bank is sponsored by the Corporation Bank a premier public sector Bank. The Bank has its Head Office at Chikmagalur, Karnataka State. The… Read More »