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Topic: Public Sector Banks

Vision India@2047

The Government of India is to finalize the 2047 plan by May 2022. The plan is being framed by a Sectoral Group of Secretaries. That is, the sectaries...

January 15, 2022

Public Sector Banks announce new loans

Public sector banks (PSBs) have announced support measures and launch of new loan products to mitigate economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic. What are those announcements? PSBs would provide...

May 31, 2021

PM SVANidhi Scheme: 1.6% loans from private sector

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recently announced that over twenty lakh street vendors have been provided loans under the PM SVANidhi scheme till March 29, 2021....

April 4, 2021

Doorstep Banking Services launched by Public Sector Banks

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the doorstep banking services for public sector banks. This will facilitate the users a hassle-free and convenient banking service. The services provided by...

September 10, 2020

Rs 68311 Cr. Disbursed under Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme to the MSMEs

As per the data released by the Ministry of Finance, the Private and Public Sector banks in India have disbursed around Rs 68311 Cr. under the Emergency Credit...

July 17, 2020

GeM partners with UCO Bank and Bank of Maharashtra

The Government e-Marketplace(GeM) has signed two Memorandum of Understanding(MoUs) with the public sector banks, Bank of Maharashtra and UCO bank on Monday, 16th December 2019. Under the MoU,...

December 19, 2019

Cabinet approves Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme

Union Cabinet approved the ‘Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme’ that allows public sector banks (PSBs) to purchase high-rated pooled assets from financially sound non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing...

December 12, 2019

PSBs disbursed Rs 4.91 lakh crore under the Customer Outreach Initiative in October and November 2019

In September 2019, the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced the launched the Customer Outreach Initiative by the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) of India....

December 4, 2019

GDP at 4.5% in Second Quarter(July-September), Lowest in 25 Quarters

The Gross Domestic Product(GDP) of India has now been declining for five straight quarters in a row, falling by 0.5 percent from the first quarter of 2019-20 to...

November 29, 2019

India-US Economic and Financial Partnership Meeting held

The 7th India-US Economic and Financial partnership meeting was held in New Delhi. It was Co-chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman and US Secretary Steven T Minuchin. The...

November 3, 2019

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