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PTI 03:03 PM | September 10,2009
Under the interest subvention scheme, the government will pay 2% interest subsidy to banks for granting short- term crop loan to farmers at a concessional rate of 7%
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Vidhya Sivaramakrishnan and Sangeeta Singh 01:15 AM | June 30,2009
The scheme, which cost the exchequer about Rs65,000 cr, is said to be one of the key reasons for UPA victory
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Sanjiv Shankaran 10:12 AM | May 28,2009
Mukherjee says inclusive growth, infrastructure creation, managing the fiscal deficit on to-do list as markets cheer
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Reuters 04:44 PM | May 25,2009
The agriculture minister says the government is in no hurry to allow wheat exports
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PTI 04:17 PM | December 25,2008
Banks are targeted to provide loans worth Rs280,000 crore to farmers in the entire 2008-09 fiscal
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11:38 PM | October 13,2008
Banks finance all sorts of speculation, apart from properties: stocks, derivatives, bullion and commodities
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Sangeeta Singh 01:14 AM | August 15,2008
A Mint analysis shows that most of the claims made by the UPA government regarding achieving goals in the National Common Minimum Programme are at best half-truths
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Staff Writer 02:41 PM | August 14,2008
State-owned banks, which make up about 70% of the Indian banking industry’s assets, need to make such provisions because they will have to wait until July 2011
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A Staff Writer 01:04 AM | August 11,2008
Banks need to set aside Rs3,600 cr in provisions for farm loan waiver; full reimbursement of disbursals by July 2011
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10:59 PM | July 20,2008
CMIE report says petroleum and fertilizer subsidies, outgo on account of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations could push total expenditure to Rs9,11,448 crore during 2008-09
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Banker’s trust | Tamal Bandyopadhyay 01:12 AM | July 14,2008
A back-of-the-envelope calculation shows about Rs19,700 crore worth of loans, disbursed by SCBs and DCCBs, have been waived
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Sangeeta Singh 12:39 AM | July 07,2008
Regular payers are resentful and think the best way to avail of such concessions is to default, say bankers
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Ajay Sukumaran 12:17 AM | July 07,2008
Moneylenders charge high rates of interest, mainly due to the flexibility in loan amounts and repayments
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Prashant Ugle 01:02 AM | July 02,2008
Farmers say the manner in which the scheme was drafted and implemented shows little understanding of rural India
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C.R. Sukumar 12:57 AM | July 02,2008
Bank officials say some farmers had paid their instalments despite losses from a bad harvest last year
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