October 31, 2018 2:27 PM

FM Arun Jaitley criticises RBI for indiscriminate lending by banks

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has criticised the Reserve Bank of India for failing to check indiscriminate lending during 2008 to 2014 that led to the current crisis of bad loan or NPA in the banking industry. Speaking at the India Leadership Summit organised by US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in New Delhi yesterday, the Finance Minister said, during 2008 after the global economic crisis till  2014, to keep the economy artificially going, banks were told to open the doors and lend indiscrim...

September 25, 2018 1:32 PM

FM Arun Jaitley chairing annual Review Meeting with PSBs in Delhi

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is chairing the Annual Review meeting with Public Sector Banks in Delhi.  Credit growth, recovery, financial inclusion and overall performance are among the agenda of the meeting.  According to the Ministry, CMDs of 21 Public Sector Banks are attending the annual review meeting.