A recent press report said that the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Dr Subbarao, and the Deputy Governor, Dr K.C. Chakraborty, held a meeting with top bankers in the State to review the pace of financial inclusion implementation in Karnataka. According to a top official of a Bangalore-based public sector bank, the RBI… Read More »
Big- Cash is a personal loan offered by the bank to meet unforeseen expenses like marriage, education, social obligation. Purpose – To offer financial assistance to meet unforeseen expenses like marriage, education, social obligation Quantum of Loan – 90% of proposed expenditure with maximum ceiling of Rs. 2.00 lakh Upper ceiling may be waved in… Read More »
A recent press report said that Lakshmi Vilas Bank has registered a 30 per cent growth in its operating profit during the first quarter of the current fiscal compared to the corresponding quarter of the earlier fiscal. The operating profit has gone up to Rs 69.70 crore from Rs 53.73 crore in Q1 of 2010-11.… Read More »
Krishna Grameena Bank (KGB) is a Regional Rural Bank established in terms of provisions of Regional Rural Banks Act 1976 & is sponsored by State Bank of India. The shareholders of the Bank are Government of India (50%), State Bank of India (35%) and Government of Karnataka (15 %). The Bank is established on 01-12-1978.… Read More »
A recent press report said that Private life insurer, IDBI Federal Life Insurance, has launched a unit-linked insurance product that offers, among other benefits, lump-sum cash of up to Rs 20 lakh to be paid upon diagnosis of any of the 17 specified major diseases. Reports said that the minimum premium amount for the product… Read More »
A recent press report said that Home loans major HDFC Ltd has hiked its retail prime lending rate by 50 basis points to 16.5 per cent, with effect from August 1, 2011. Reports said that the revised interest rates on floating rate home loan up to Rs 30 lakh has become 10.75 per cent; for… Read More »
Purpose – The Scheme aims at the following objectives: a. To augment flow of credit to tenant farmer’s cultivating land either as oral lessees or sharecroppers and small farmers who do not have proper title of their land holding through formation and financing of JLGs. b. To extent collateral free loans to target clients through… Read More »
Krishna Grameena Bank (KGB) is a Regional Rural Bank established in terms of provisions of Regional Rural Banks Act 1976 & is sponsored by State Bank of India. The shareholders of the Bank are Government of India (50%), State Bank of India (35%) and Government of Karnataka (15 %). The Bank is established on 01-12-1978.… Read More »
A recent press report said that Canara Bank is expecting about Rs. 1,200-crore business this year from its 150 financial inclusion branches in the country. Ms. Archana S. Bhargava, Executive Director, Canara Bank, told the press that the bank was treating financial inclusion as a business opportunity and that the bank is expecting that the… Read More »
Purpose – To finance working capital & term loan need to Retails & wholesale trading activities Eligibility – Existing enterprises engaged in business for at least 2 years & earning profit during last 2 years. Quantum of Loan – Minimum Rs. 50,000- Maximum Rs. 50 lakhs Constitution – Individual Proprietorship Partnership Limited… Read More »