The ninth round of the FICCI-IBA survey was carried out for the period January to June 2019. A total of 23 banks including public sector, private sector, foreign and small finance banks participated in the survey.
Public sector banks here held individual consultative meetings with their branch managers in this region/zone on August 17 and 18 and have forwarded their suggestions and issues of concern to the core teams of the respective banks.
Amid widespread concern over the current slowdown in the Indian economy, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Rajnish Kumar on Sunday raised the pitch for a stimulus, saying that the credit demand remains subdued.
The Prime Minister’s Office and the Finance Minister have been meeting various stakeholders over the last week to discuss the slowdown which is adversely impacting various sectors now.
The State Bank of India (SBI), Bhubaneswar Circle organised an MSME Customer Meet here on Wednesday in which about 40 SME customers of Bhubaneswar zone took part.
Businessmen and tax practitioners in the state are irked as no action has been taken regarding the announcement by Finance Minister Nitin Patel while presenting the budget of 2019-20 that the state government will bring an amnesty scheme for legacy tax disputes by August 15.