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Special Banking Arrangement for payment of outstanding subsidy to fertilizer companies during 2014-15

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..... Special Banking Arrangement for payment of outstanding subsidy to fertilizer companies during 2014-15
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Dated:- 14-10-2015

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today has given its ex-post facto approval for a Special Banking Arrangement (SBA) for a loan of ₹ 7000 crore with the consortium of Public Sect .....

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..... or Banks led by State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) for settlement of outstanding indigenous urea subsidy bills of fertilizer companies in 2014-15. This has already been implemented/operationalized to overcome the liquidity problems of the fertilizer companies. Under the above SBA, a total of ₹ 6806.66 crore for settlement of subsidy bills with the two consortiums of Pu .....

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..... blic Sector Banks led by SBI and PNB was raised by the Government. The above loan amount along with interest liability on the part of Government thereon amounting to ₹ 64.03 crore was paid to the Banks. Background Government is making available fertilizers, namely Urea and 22 grades of P&K fertilizers to farmers at subsidized prices through fertilizer manufactures/importers. For making fun .....

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..... ds available to the fertilizer companies against their subsidy claims, the Ministry of Finance had approved SBA for an amount of ₹ 7000 crore with Government interest liability limited to G-Sec rate. Accordingly, an SBA was worked out with the two consortiums of banks led by State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) for an amount of ₹ 7000 crore to meet the outstanding s .....

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..... ubsidy claims of fertilizer companies. The loan together with Government Interest thereon has been repaid from BE 2015-16 within the sanctioned budget under the vote on account.
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