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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held wide-ranging talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart M U M Ali Sabry focusing on facilitating Sri Lanka's economic recovery as well boosting bilateral trade. India extended financial assistance worth around USD 4 billion to Sri Lanka, including lines of credit for purchases of food and fuel, last year when it was reeling under a severe economic crisis. New Delhi also provided guarantees to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help the country secure a USD 2.9 billion bailout package. "Nice to catch up FM @alisabrypc of Sri Lanka. Thank him for his #RaisinaDialogue2023 participation," Jaishankar said on Twitter. "We took stock of our cooperation that is focused on facilitating Sri Lanka's economic recovery. Discussions covered investment, trade and development partnership," he said. Sabry described the meeting as "constructive". "I met with @DrSJaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India at Hyderabad House during my .
Industry body Assocham on Friday asked the Reserve Bank, which has hiked the key policy rate by 190 basis points since May, to moderate the interest rate hikes so that it does not have adverse impact on nascent economic recovery. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das headed six-member rate setting panel is scheduled to meet for three days from Monday to take a call on the next set of monetary policy. The central bank is scheduled to announce the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on December 7 (Wednesday). "At most the new rate hike should not exceed the 25-35 basis points band," Assocham said in a letter to the RBI Governor, along with highlighting other issues before the industry. One of the key recommendations advanced by the chamber to the RBI is to treat retail loans for purchase of Electric Vehicles as priority sector lending, with a concessional rate of interest. On September 30, the RBI had hiked the key policy rate (repo) by 50 basis points wit
India will stay ahead of the curve amid the global economic slowdown and it offers a lot of potential for growth, according to multinational auto major Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares. The country is also the best placed "superpower" that can leverage the opportunity arising out of the tension between the Western world (US and Europe) and China, he said here in an interaction. The company, which is gearing up to launch the electric version of its compact car C3 early next year, is also working on the possibility of exporting compact electric vehicles from the country to markets like Europe. "We all see that the global economy is going to slow down in 2023. That's also what all the competent administrations are predicting. They're also saying that India will be somewhere between 6 per cent and 7 per cent GDP growth. That's a lot," Tavares said. He further said, "So, if there was to be a concern, globally, ahead of the curve will be India, (with) 6 to 7 per cent growth." While reports
Polarisation in the performance of Indian banks will persist as many large public sector banks are still saddled with weak assets, high credit costs, and poor earnings, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday. It said State Bank of India and leading private sector banks have largely addressed their asset quality challenges, and their profitability is improving more sharply than the banking system. In its Global Banking Outlook-2023 report, S&P said economic recovery is driving credit costs to cyclical low levels and stronger balance sheets and higher demand should boost bank loan growth, but deposit growth will lag. "Polarisation in the performance of banks to persist," S&P said, adding the return on average assets would be 'adequate' at 1 per cent. "Many large public sector banks are still saddled with weak assets, high credit costs, and poor earnings. Similarly, we expect a mixed-bag performance for finance companies (fincos). The asset quality of these fincos is often ...