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Ajay Piramal wins the most contested bankruptcy bid for Dewan Housing Finance Ltd

Piramal’s bid received about 94 percent of votes of the creditors, followed by Oaktree at 45 percent, sources told ET. Adani Capital obtain...

Can DFI be solution for long-term greenfield infra project financing?

The earlier DFIs were created during the pre-economic liberalisation era. During that period, given the controlled nature of the economy an...

Bank hard-sell & cheaper loans drive auto financing

Auto financiers and dealers say the current buzz is led by the aggression of PSU lenders, which are offering rates lower than private finan...

Money & relationships: Should I pay my parents for my living expenses?

While the decision of paying your living expenses is mostly subjective and dictated in part by the family dynamics and parent-child relatio...

Microfinance, trade finance, PE & housing finance almost at pre-Covid levels: ET-ILC members

As per industry players, the microfinance sector has bounced back from Covid-19 stronger than it had from any other previous crisis - Krish...

8 corrections to make to your personal finances in 2021

The new year is like as if someone gave us a new notebook and asked us to start over. Or some imagined line beyond which we have suddenly t...

Common test for admission to central universities from 2021

In a move intended to end the tyranny of cut-off marks based on Class XII Board exams for college admissions, the government has set up a s...

Securitisation volumes likely to bounce back in FY22: Icra

The financing requirements for NBFCs and HFCs are also expected to increase in FY2022 as disbursements would be closer to the pre-Covid lev...

Harappa Education expands senior leadership team

Since it went live in April 2019, Harappa has acquired nearly 200,000 learners, and works with more than 50 enterprises, across a wide rang...

Money & relationships: 5 things to consider before you fund your sibling's higher education

While financial transactions have the potential to disrupt a relationship, you could still offer help to your sibling for her higher studie...

Education Ministry seeks extension of loan-based funding

Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has written to his colleague Nirmala Sitharaman and education secretary Amit Khare has also taken up th...

Karnataka govt decides to reopen degree, diploma and engineering colleges from Nov 17

The Karnataka government on Friday decided to reopen engineering, diploma and degree colleges that were shut for students due to the COVID-...

'UP CM orders every police station to have women help-desks'

Referring to the Mission Shakti to be launched for the women's safety and security on October 17, the first day of the Navratri, the chief ...

Don’t take Hefa loans for new educational institutes: FinMin to Ministries

​​The Hefa guidelines have been reviewed following a detailed review by the finance ministry.

National Education Policy 2020: Schooling reform from 2022-23, 60-point action plan drawn up

NCERT has been asked to develop a three-months-long, play-based school preparation module for grade 1 students to make them school ready. W...

View: India 2020 demands better education. National education policy is a start

Rural India’s aspiration for quality education has never really been met. It is important to aim high. Currently, GoI spends about Rs 12,50...

NEP: Flexible degree courses, single higher education regulator, common norms for public & private colleges

The undergraduate degree will be of either 3 or 4-year duration with multiple exit options within this period, with appropriate certificati...