This is nearly half of its investment in the whole of South Asia since the pandemic, which touched $3.8 billion as of June 2021
Industry leaders are hopeful of recovery by Durga Puja time as the repayment has gone up sharply to 90% on an average in July.
The regulator has also reduced the minimum lock-in of pre-IPO securities held by persons other than promoters to six months from the date of allotment
Most sectoral indices on the NSE closed in the red. IT and FMCG stocks led the rally, while metals, banks and financials were under pressure.
BSE Sensex surged 209.69 points or 0.38% towards the fag-end of the trading session to settle at record 55,792.27
The dip in fuel consumption is attributed mainly to travel disruptions caused by the floods in some parts of the country
Credit card's average transaction size at PoS is around Rs 3,600, while average spends per card in a month is around Rs 11,000- 12,000
The government is looking at listing National Insurance and Oriental Insurance on the stock exchange after injecting the capital.
Large-caps are now leading the rally and broader markets are seeing profit booking