The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed a pilot program to allow select agricultural commodity derivatives to trade as cash-settled instruments before mandatory physical settlement. This initiative aims to boost liquidity and market confidence in agricultural contracts, with commodities like maize, groundnut, and chilli being considered for the pilot.
Private banks write off nearly half of NPAs in FY26, outpace PSBs
“Private banks utilise these write-offs and provisioning buffers to proactively clean up their balance sheets, while public sector banks generally rely more heavily on aggregate
July 7, 2026