*Financial News*
Source: Leading Newspapers
*Compiled by RUDRA SHARES* 
Vande Mataram
Tuesday, 31 March 2026

*Banking & Financial Services*
• Banks' export credit, consumer loans decrease, gold loan surges
• HDFC Bank ex-chair Atanu Chakraborty breaks silence after abrupt exit, speaks of incongruities
• DIIs set new record of net buying at ₹14,896 crore, absorbing FII/FPI net sell-off of ₹11,163 crore
• RBI should use forex reserves to prop up rupee: SBI report
• IBC helped banks recover 52% bad loans: Nirmala Sitharaman
• Reserve Bank of India defers implementation of market exposure norms
• Goldman Sachs buys stakes in Jio Fin, BHEL via block deal
• India’s soaring oil bill shows limits of RBI’s ₹ defence

*IPO & Capital Markets*
• Cosmic PV Power plans ₹640-crore IPO, files draft papers with SEBI
• PropShare Celestia’s ₹244-crore IPO to open on April 10
• Monomark Engineering files IPO papers to fund working capital
• Pioneer Fil-Med files draft papers for ₹500-crore IPO
• INOX Air Products plans $1 billion IPO, appoints bankers
• XED, first GIFT City IPO, withdraws issue on weak demand

*Corporate & Industry*
• Senior exits shake up Deloitte M&A business amid strategy shift
• LPG supply concerns hit restaurant-related stocks including Jubilant FoodWorks
• Smallcap jewellery stock in focus after MoU with National Skill Development Corporation
• Central Mine Planning & Design Institute shares list at 7% discount
• Govt cracks down on diversion, black marketing of fertilisers
• Smartphone sales fall 9% due to rising memory prices
• Jubilant FoodWorks to exit Dunkin’ India franchise deal
• Future Wealth launches $50 mn fund to back founders across India, UAE

*Telecom, Tech & Digital*
• Bharti Airtel & Tata Telcos pay first instalment of AGR liabilities
• Flipkart appoints Smita Ojha, Amit Sharma as VPs
• Bharti Airtel, Carlyle, Alpha Wave to invest $1 billion in Nxtra Data
• JioStar ends IPL broadcast deal in Bangladesh after partner default

*Auto & Manufacturing*
• JSW MG Motor India to hike prices by up to 2% from April 1
• Japan’s JFE Steel to invest ₹7,875 crore for 25% stake in JSW Kalinga Steel
• Venu Srinivasan returns as chairman & MD of Sundaram Clayton

*Energy & Infrastructure*
• National Highways Authority of India raises ₹28,307 crore via monetisation in FY26
• India diesel exports jump 20% in March amid Iran war
• Airlines & oil firms discuss solutions to rising ATF prices

*Markets & Investments*
• Burman family raises stake in Religare Enterprises to nearly 30%
• Nazara Technologies to raise ₹500 crore via preferential warrants

*Politics & Economy*
• Fiscal deficit till February at 80.4% of FY26 target
• FCRA changes would benefit only RSS, says Rahul Gandhi
• BJP alleges misuse of OBC quota in opposition-ruled states
• Kerala polls: V Sivankutty vs Kummanam Rajasekharan in Nemom battle
• Mamata Banerjee warns of non-veg curbs if BJP comes to power

**Global & Macro**
• Donald Trump may be ready to give up Hormuz fight

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