We should block the nominal growth of banking until we get to a minimum level of capabilities at the regulator
Punjab National Bank's problems also underline the poor capacity of the department of financial services
The ensuing blame game could sully reputations and fracture an already fragile relationship between brands and endorsers
Takru said he had met Dubey when the latter had offered to resign as director in Allahabad Bank
The Odisha government will review the Gitanjali group's Rs 6.36 billion project to set up a gems, jewellery, lifestyle and luxury goods park in the state following involvement of the jewellery behemoth in the Rs 114 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.The project was to be set up by Gitanjali Infratech, a part of the Mumbai-based Gitanjali group, on 100 acres land at Ramdaspur near Cuttack, and it had received approval of the state government in November, last year."Following the revelation of Gitanjali group's involvement in the PNB fraud case, we have decided to review the project", said a top official of the Odisha government.He said, out of 100 acres earmarked for the gems, jewellery park, 30 acres had been allotted to the company for which it had made necessary payment to Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco).Gitanjali group chairman and managing director, Mehul Choksi along with his nephew Nirav Modi are accused of defrauding PNB to the tune ..
The ED on Friday and Saturday also conducted raids at 35 and 21 locations across India respectively in connection with the 114 billion fraud
But it may go into a long downward spiral before things turn around
The alleged fraud at PNB benefited billionaire jeweller, Nirav Modi and jewellery retailer Gitanjali
PNB has unearthed Rs 114 billion fraud allegedly involving billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and associate companies
Rahul Gandhi further went on to claim that PM Modi has robbed the country
It is suspected that the shell firms were being used by the accused to launder money and create "benami" assets
She also demanded an investigation into those involved in effecting the transfers or removals
The agency has an AAA and AA ratings on the various debt instruments of the Delhi based public sector lender
The total NPAs of all public and private banks were worth Rs 8.36 trillion as of September 2017
The official checked the records which did not show such Letters of Understanding to Nirav Modi or Choksi's company
He called upon the Reserve Bank of India to take a lead and engage with the industry in finding ways to do clean business in the entire financial sector
The banking regulator is conducting a supervisory assessment of Punjab National Bank, while all banks have beefed up their vigil on all clients linked to diamond and jewellery trade
PNB said it had detected the gigantic fraud in one of its Mumbai branches, putting the quantum of fraudulent transactions at $1,771.69 million
CBI said accused were not cooperating with investigation so custody required 'to recover important missing documents'
This, despite Firestar International suffering from a high-leverage, off-balance-sheet exposure