Thursday, 21 December 2017

21 December 2017 News

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Economic Times

Ø  Govt may allow 100% FDI in telecom via automatic route
Ø  Aircel to shut operations in 6 circles by January 30: Trai
Ø  SIAM proposes to sell only electric vehicles in India
Ø  Govt aims to finalise National Telecom Policy by Mar 
Ø  'Alternative assets industry in India worth $43 bn'
Ø  Astron Paper IPO overall subscribed 242.72 times
Ø  Creditors of insolvent cos can get shares at discount
Ø  Excise, VAT may co-exist with GST on fuel

Business Standard

Ø  CG Corp to set up Rs 5k-cr fund to buy hotels, resorts
Ø  Bharti Airtel board clears scheme for Tata Tele takeover
Ø  RBI prescribes additional corrective measures against United Bank of India
Ø  Automakers seek 5% GST, IT sops for electric vehicles
Ø  Rs 30,000-cr bond opportunity in power transmission: Crisil
Ø  Jute sack standard dilution has hit PDS, storage: FCI
 
Mint

Ø  Mukesh’s Jio leads race to buy Anil’s RCom’s assets
Ø  Edelweiss Wealth Management acquires Religare’s securities business
Ø  Essar Oil (UK) posts $169 mn profit in H1 FY17
Ø  Non-core business activities of stock exchanges under SEBI lens 
Ø  Bitcoins cannot be ignored: SEBI chief

Mint

Ø  RBI puts Bank of India under prompt corrective action
Ø  HDFC sells 6.3% in CAMS to Warburg Pincus arm for Rs210 crore
Ø  Shell companies: Govt may provide relief for disqualified directors
Ø  Users’ consent must for changing bank accounts to receive subsidies: UIDAI
Ø  Tata Tele Mah posts net loss of Rs8,198.34 cr in Sept qtr
 
Financial Express

Ø  Battle heats up for $26 bn insolvent steel companies in India; Lakshmi Mittal, Anil Agarwal in race
Ø  Cabinet approves new skill development scheme for textile sector
Ø  GIC Re gets ‘in principle’ approval for Lloyd’s syndicate
Ø  Wind tariff competitiveness to remain a challenge: ICRA

Financial Chronicle

Ø  Airtel board okays terms of Tata Tele deal
Ø  Trai mulls ways for cos closing ops to return unused balance
Ø  Banks under PCA to miss phase-I recapitalisation
Ø  Urjit Patel flags inflation concerns, rate hike on horizon