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Our expectation is that the two-wheeler market should grow around 6-8 per cent this year,” Bajaj Auto Executive Director Rakesh Sharma told reporters
The Pune-headquartered company, which posted an impressive 35 percent jump in net profit in the March quarter, is betting its CNG-driven bike, the world's first, will attract fuel-conscious customers
Rakesh Sharma said that for Bajaj Auto, the restructuring of FAME will lead to a Rs 20,000 reduction in subsidy per scooter. The company is evaluating how to address this subsidy cut in vehicle pricing.
The bank will explore ways to expand unsecured lending in a cautious manner, the MD said.
The bank has sought the approval of its shareholders through a postal ballot which started on April 6 and will end on May 5, 2022, to pass the ordinary resolution, among others.
The company reported a 16 percent drop in its total sales to 3,16,020 units in February.
Sharma started his career at State Bank of India (SBI) before moving to Lakshmi Vilas Bank in 2014 and later to Canara Bank
Canara Bank is planning to allot up to Rs Rs 1,124 crore at Rs 207 per share via rights issue. Sharing details of the issue with CNBC-TV18 Managing Director & CEO Rakesh Sharma said roughly Rs 745 crore of this will be from the government and balance from other shareholders.
Public sector lender Canara Bank's profit in October-December quarter increased 279 percent to Rs 322 crore compared with Rs 85 crore in year-ago period, but asset quality worsened further on sequential basis.
This is the second meeting of MPC headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel after the first in October, when it had cut repo, or the short-term lending rate, by 0.25 percent to 6.25 percent.
Bankers have maintained a positive stance after the roll-out of the demonetisation scheme. Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO of Canara Bank concurs with the optimism and says that the bank is not facing issues since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) formed the task force to manage the chaotic situation.
Post Mistry‘s exit and disbandment of Group Executive Council, more exits are likely. CNBC-TV18‘s Nisha Poddar reports that one such exit is likely to be Indian Hotels MD & CEO Rakesh Sharma.
Slippages during the first quarter were Rs 3,878 crore, of which Rs 648 crore was mainly in existing accounts, said Canara Bank Managing Director & CEO Rakesh Sharma.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Rakesh Sharma, MD and CEO of Canara Bank said that asset quality review (AQR) slippages stood at Rs 3300 crore for this quarter and the stressed assets witnessed an increase of 67 basis points.
"The Reserve Bank has given its approval for appointment of Parthasarathi Mukherjee as new MD and CEO of the bank for three years from the date of his taking charge," it said in a regulatory filing.
The bank has a total exposure of Rs 23,000 crore to this sector, of which loans worth Rs 12,000 crore are under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) scheme, says Rakesh Sharma, Managing Director and CEO, Canara Bank.
Canara Bank's asset quality has bottomed out and slippages improved to Rs 4,000 crore in the first half this fiscal, compared to Rs 5,000 crore last year, CMD Rakesh Sharma told CNBC-TV18.
P S Jayakumar, 53, has taken over as the chief of BoB at a time when the bank is under the investigation glare for an alleged fraud and black money transactions worth over Rs 6,000 crore.
Bajaj Auto plans to start exporting its much-delayed quadricycle, christened as Qute, across various global markets by month-end even as it awaits Supreme Court verdict to introduce it in the domestic market.
Sharma's s parental bank was State Bank of India wherein he had raised to the level of Chief General Manager in his long distinguished career of over 33 years, the bank said in a statement issued here.
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Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank spoke to CNBC-TV18 to discuss the quarterly performance and the road ahead.
Effective from July 1, it is the second reduction by the bank this fiscal. It had earlier cut its offering by 0.15 percent in April, following RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan's hardtalk asking bankers to reduce rate offerings.