HDFC to raise Rs 90,000 crore from NCDs

Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2015, 22:22

Country's largest mortgage lender HDFC Ltd Friday said it plans to raise a total of Rs 90,000 crore from various instruments including non-convertible debentures and warrants to fund business expansion.

Ambani gets 205-times of median pay; ITC's Deveshwar 439-times

Last Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2015, 17:09

Billionaire industrialist and India's richest Mukesh Ambani has not taken a pay hike for seven years, but his salary is over 205-times that of the median employee remuneration at Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).

Get pricing right to come out of woes: Parekh to realtors

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 12:46

Coming hard on property developers, top mortgage lender HDFC's Chairman Deepak Parekh has said they are unrelenting on pricing despite a growing inventory of unsold housing units.

Shun 'speed money', focus on speed: Parekh to housing sector

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 19:24

Raising concern over high housing costs in the country, eminent banker Deepak Parekh today said developers need to shun 'speed money' and focus only on speed in delivering projects to the customers.

Legislative process long and tedious, but no more derailed: Parekh

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 17:37

Confident about India's growth prospects, eminent banker Deepak Parekh on Thursday said legislative process here is "unduly long and tedious, but no longer derailed" and there are ample long-term investors who believe India's best is yet to come.

Unnecessary negativism around Indian economy: Aditya Puri

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 17:17

There is "unnecessary negativism" surrounding the Indian economy and the government needs to be given chance to carry out its work as recovery is underway, senior banker Aditya Puri has said.

Don't get disillusioned, support PM Modi: Ratan Tata to India Inc

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015, 18:34

Stating that the Modi government has not completed even one year in office, Tata said, "All of us should understand that it's a new government, and we need not get disillusioned and dissatisfied with so fast."

Deepak Parekh pitches for greater govt, corp investment in education

Last Updated: Sunday, March 29, 2015, 17:02

"There is a lot of innovation that can be brought into the education space and with this initiative, HDFC aims to create a visible impact on schooling system," he added.

'Sustainable turnaround still elusive; time to walk the talk'

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 21:42

Ahead of Budget, an industry confidence survey today showed that a sustainable turnaround remains elusive on investments, profits and exports, while another study urged the government to 'walk the talk' and take steps to improve ease of doing business.

Disinvestment in LIC, Air India, BSNL will unlock lakhs of crores of rupees: Deepak Parekh

Last Updated: Sunday, February 22, 2015, 19:02

Pitching for disinvestment in public sector behemoths like LIC, Air India and BSNL, top industry leader Deepak Parekh has said it can unlock huge funds worth "lakhs of crores of rupees" and shares should be given to retail investors without depending on the overseas entities.

Govt being criticised for being too fast: Arun Jaitley

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 19:30

Virtually rebutting criticism by leading banker Deepak Parekh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said the government is being criticised for rather being "too fast".

PM Modi lucky till now; no change on business ground: Deepak Parekh

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 18:56

Pitching for relaxing "administrative controls" to improve ease of doing business, top industry leader Deepak Parekh has said that impatience has begun creeping in among businessmen as nothing has changed on ground in first nine months of the Narendra Modi government.