India’s banking system faced a cash crunch. The Reserve Bank of India added funds to ease the situation. This followed negative balance of payments and foreign investor outflows. The RBI sold dollars to bolster the rupee. Trade deficit widened, and deposit growth slowed. These factors contributed to the liquidity deficit. Borrowing costs for banks and companies increased.
Sebi permits all NBFCs, HFCs to invest in security receipts by Asset Reconstruction Cos
Markets regulator Sebi has allowed all non-banking financial companies (NBFC), including housing finance companies, to invest in security receipts issued by Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs),