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No proposal of PSB merger under consideration: Govt

To facilitate consolidation in the public sector banking space, the Cabinet in August gave in-principle approval for PSBs to amalgamate through an Alternative Mechanism (AM). 

Subsequently in November, a panel under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was set up to examine proposals from banks for in-principle approval to formulate schemes of amalgamation 

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Top insurers & bureaucrats vie for IRDA Chairmanship

Among the insurers who have applied for the post are- VK Sharma, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) , G Srinivasan, CMD, New India Assurance,K Sanath Kumar, CMD, National Insurance, three MDs of LIC, Hemant Bhargava,, Sunita Sharma, K Venugopal, and Rajesh Kandwal, CEO & Managing director,LIC, Bahrain,.Nilesh Sathe, member, IRDAI, is also in the fray

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Insurance cos to focus on IPOs, consolidation in 2018

The Indian insurance industry is witnessing growth and is projected to have great times in the years to come. This offers immense scope for consolidation as some promoters may look at exiting non-core businesses and existing large insurers desire to achieve scale and bring in better synergies to pass on the cost efficiencies to customers and shareholders, he said. 

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Indian carriers to induct over 900 planes in coming years

Budget airlines IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and AirAsia are set to significantly expand their respective fleet sizes.Along with other carriers, the total number of aircraft to be inducted by the domestic players would be more than 900.With an existing fleet of 150 planes, IndiGo is readying to add another 448 aircraft — 399 A320s and 49 ATRs — in the next seven to eight years. Competitor SpiceJet too is in the process of expanding its current fleet of 57 aircraft.

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2017: Less accidents, more aftershocks for Railways

The ministry adopted a slew of measures to ensure accidents are reduced to a minimum in the coming year – renewal of tracks at a fast pace, use of ultrasonic flaw detection testing of rails, track recording cars and portable oscillation monitoring systems to detect track defects, introduction of train protection and warning system, and development of the Train Collision Avoidance System which is now at the trial stages. ​​​​​​​ 

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