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Garuda Aerospace and Union Bank Collaborate to Boost Agriculture with Drones

1. Who has Chennai’s drone startup Garuda Aerospace partnered with? Answer: Garuda Aerospace has partnered with the Union Bank of India. 2. How many Garuda Agri Kisan drones...

January 13, 2023

RBI Working Group on Digital Lending

The Reserve Bank of India recently constituted a working group on digital lending. The working group was constituted to study all aspects of digital lending activities in the...

January 15, 2021

ADB Loan for Meghalaya Power Distribution Sector

The Government of India recently signed 133 million USD loan Agreement with the Asian Development Bank. Agreement was signed to strengthen the power distribution sector in the state...

December 1, 2020

What is PM SVANidhi?

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched a scheme – PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) on June 1, 2020. The scheme has been launched to empower...

November 10, 2020

PM SVANidhi Scheme: UP secures the top rank

On 26 October, 2020, the Government of India announced that Uttar Pradesh secured the top rank PM SVANidhi Scheme. The state has approved the highest number of loans...

October 26, 2020

RBI announces Special Liquidity Mutual Funds worth Rs 50,000 crores

On April 27, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India announced the special liquidity facility for mutual funds of Rs 50,000 crores. The Reserve Bank of India is increasing...

April 27, 2020

SBI unveils emergency credit line for borrowers amid coronavirus outbreak

India’s largest lender State Bank of India has recently unveiled an emergency credit line to meet liquidity mismatch for its borrowers, amid the coronavirus pandemic scare. The additional...

March 24, 2020

India and ADB sign Loan Agreement of $60 million for Assam

Government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a loan agreement of $60 million for financing project for renovation, protection and community-based flood risk management activities...

December 14, 2018

IOB signs pact with National Housing Bank for Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme scheme

The Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has recently signed a MoU with National Housing Bank (NHB) for implementing the Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme (RHISS) of the Union Ministry...

January 25, 2018

What is the Commitment Fee?

Commitment Fee refers to the fee charged by the creditor for unused credit to the borrower. The credit is not completely disbursed by the lender in one go...

January 5, 2018

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