State Bank to offer refinance facility for housing loans
The State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to storm into the mortgate market by offering a refinance facility for the existing housing loans.

Cidco sews up Rs 365cr loan deal with Hudco for railway projects
The Housing & Urban Development Corporation (Hudco) sanctioned a Rs 365.74 crore loan to City Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) for three railway projects which will strategically link Navi Mumbai with Greater Mumbai, JNPT, Thane, Panvel, Kalyan and Uran.

SH Khan seeks review of government nominees role on institutions boards
Former Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) chairman SH Khan has suggested that the the role of the government nominees on the board of the financial institutions (FIs) should be reviewed and they must be made accountable.

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