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Wholesale prices decline for 15th consecutive
month
India’s wholesale prices continued to fall in January 2016 — with the pace of price
decline touching 0.9 per cent from 0.73 per cent in December — marking the
fifteenth successive month of contraction in the wholesale price index for
inflation.
SEBI chief gets extension
U.K. Sinha will remain Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman till
March 1, 2017 with the government on Monday extending his term by over a
year.
The extension for Mr.Sinha, whose current term was to end on February 17, was
approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
18th - 19th Feb
SC seeks RBI list of defaulters of over 500 crore
bank loan
The Supreme Court asked the Reserve Bank of India to provide a list of companies
which have defaulted on bank loans worth over Rs. 500 crore.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur asked the top bank to provide in
six weeks the list of companies whose loans have been restructured under
corporate debt restructuring schemes.
No more special trains on normal fares: Railway
Board
Indian Railways, which has been called the common man’s transport, has decided
to go the roadways’ and airlines’ way to encash the demand for more trains/
accommodation by increasing fares during peak travel seasons.
zonal railways are barred from introducing special trains under normal fares to
clear festival/ holiday rush.
However, they may introduce unreserved special train for all distances, including
Jansadharan Express, and also special trains to clear passengers due to hold up of
traffic following incidents like accidents, floods, breaches, line blocks, cancellation
of trains etc., said the Railway Board.
Wholesale prices decline for 15th consecutive
month
India’s wholesale prices continued to fall in January 2016 — with the pace of price
decline touching 0.9 per cent from 0.73 per cent in December — marking the
fifteenth successive month of contraction in the wholesale price index for
inflation.
SEBI chief gets extension
U.K. Sinha will remain Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman till
March 1, 2017 with the government on Monday extending his term by over a
year.
The extension for Mr.Sinha, whose current term was to end on February 17, was
approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
18th - 19th Feb
SC seeks RBI list of defaulters of over 500 crore
bank loan
The Supreme Court asked the Reserve Bank of India to provide a list of companies
which have defaulted on bank loans worth over Rs. 500 crore.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur asked the top bank to provide in
six weeks the list of companies whose loans have been restructured under
corporate debt restructuring schemes.
No more special trains on normal fares: Railway
Board
Indian Railways, which has been called the common man’s transport, has decided
to go the roadways’ and airlines’ way to encash the demand for more trains/
accommodation by increasing fares during peak travel seasons.
zonal railways are barred from introducing special trains under normal fares to
clear festival/ holiday rush.
However, they may introduce unreserved special train for all distances, including
Jansadharan Express, and also special trains to clear passengers due to hold up of
traffic following incidents like accidents, floods, breaches, line blocks, cancellation
of trains etc., said the Railway Board.
