At ET Global Business Summit, Arun Jaitley said that unlike politicians, regulators in the Indian system are unaccountable
The lender alleged that Dwarka Das Seth International cheated the bank using Letters of Credit
If the NBFC rejects the complaint or does not respond within a month, the customer can approach the Ombudsman
I want to appeal to those who have been given the task of framing rules and maintaining ethics in financial institutions to perform their duty with full faith, said Modi
The court said the Centre could consider steps for effective enforcement of the provisions of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy
The rupee is set for its worst week since September as traders cite enhanced demand for dollars in spot and forwards market
New Delhi, 23 FebruaryThe Congress party on Friday alleged the bank fraud involving jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi not only siphoned Rs 213 billion from public sector banks, but also cheated India's middle class of Rs 50 billion.Gujarat Congress leader and national spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said Mehul Choksi owned Gitanjali Gems Limited had floated three jewellery investment schemes - Shagun, Swarna Mangal Labh (SML) and Swarna Mangal Kalash (SMK).He said under these schemes people seeking to buy jewellery were given an attractive option to earn a return on investment. People needed to pay 11 installments, while the Gitanjali Group promised to pay the 12th as free. Tenures of these installments ranged from 12, 24, or 36 months. At the end of this tenure, the accumulated money could be redeemed for jewellery with additional bonus of up to 50 per cent, Gohil said."But people were duped in these schemes. In large number of cases, neither the installment was paid nor jewellery .
The livelihoods of these workers - 700 of them differently-abled and mostly women - was disrupted last week
The second largest public sector bank found itself in a fix after PwC emerged lowest bidder for the audit
PNB Housing Finance was promoted by PNB
The government may take the Satyam fraud route in Gitanjali case as well
The move comes after billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi found himself in the centre of a controversy pertaining to financial fraud and irregularities
The fraud allegedly started in 2011 at PNB
We might not have been seeking out baubles, but there's nothing Modi liked more than surprising you with them
While investigation in the matter is still on, the bank has thus far pinned the blame on the particular branch that was involved in the collusion
Modi made it clear that the government would take strict action against irregularities in financial matters
According to AIBEA General Secretary, RBI failed to monitor the massive scam/fraud
The bank also denied reports that details of debit and credit cards of its thousands of customers have been leaked
"System will not tolerate loot of public money," PM Modi
No restrictions on the withdrawals have been imposed by the bank, said PNB