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IDBI Bank’s Rescuers Put In ₹54,000 Crore. At Fairfax’s ₹81 a Share They Make a Profit, but Less Than Government Bonds Would Have Paid
Fairfax is paying ₹52,878 crore for 60.72% of the bank. Counting the stakes they keep at ₹81 and the dividends paid, the government get...
Read the piece →Doubling India’s CSR Profit Trigger Removes 11,204 Companies but About 3% of the Money
The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill would raise the net profit that triggers mandatory CSR from Rs 5 crore to Rs 10 crore. Nearly half ...
Read the piece →India Doesn’t Need a Blockchain to Pay Its Farmers. It May Need One to Agree on Who Owns the Land
A small open-source project models farmer payments on a ledger. Tested against where Indian payments actually fail (PM-KISAN’s benefici...
Read the piece →India’s New Securities Code Gives SEBI 180 Days to Finish a Probe. Most Take a Year or More
A parliamentary committee wants the deadline doubled, every SEBI order open to appeal and limits on SEBI’s power to define offences. SE...
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