Random Reflections- Bad Boy Billionaires – Few abroad many more in the Country

Netflix is screening a three part series titled “Bad Boy Billionaires – India”. The documentary outlines certain elements of the stories of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy. The documentaries are inaccurate, inadequate...

Read more October 20, 2020 at 2:38 pm Thomas Franco

Banks Paying Heavily for Corporate Loan Waivers: RTI

Not Write offs, Corporate Loan Waivers Banks Recovered Only 10% Bad Loans After Writing Them Off !! According to an RTI response received from Reserve Bank of India, between 2014 and 2019 scheduled commercial...

Read more July 30, 2020 at 2:45 pm Ashish Kajla

Random Reflections: 51 Years of Bank Nationalisation – Was it a sin? A vision? A missed opportunity? & What’s today’s position?

Nationalisation of the banks which had deposits above Rs.50 Crores, covering almost 85% of the total deposits on 19th July 1969 was historic, dramatic and welcomed by majority of the people. Some described it...

Read more July 16, 2020 at 1:55 pm Thomas Franco

Re-Imagining Snippets- Speaker: M.G. Devasahayam

Webinar: RE-IMAGINING THE FUTURE: PEOPLES’ AGENDA FOR A POST COVID ECONOMY Speaker: M.G. Devasahayam, Former Civil Servant Session II: Towards a Transformative Political Economy WATCH VIDEO: Wealth Creators and Wealth ‘Enjoyers” in India

Random Reflections- Are the Public Banks Already Private?

Institutions do not become public only because of ownership by the state. They should serve the people at large who are the real owners. While nationalising banks, the purpose was not to earn profit...

Read more July 2, 2020 at 2:43 pm Thomas Franco

Hindi -Comments and Objections of Civil Society Groups and members on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020

सेवा श्री आर के सिंह राज्य मंत्री-बिजली और नई और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा श्रम शक्ति भवन, भारत सरकार नई दिल्ली -110001 ...

सस्ती सरकारी बिजली होने के बावजूद महंगी निजी बिजली खरीद रही सरकार

देश और दुनिया कोरोनावायरस महामारी के इस सकंट को फैलने से बचाने मे लगे है। लाखों मजदूर भुखे और प्यासे पैदल आपने गाँवों की और लौट रहे है। यह कहना भी असंगत नहीं होगा...

Read more June 17, 2020 at 5:54 pm Rajesh Kumar

Random Reflections- Bank Loans; Many a slip between the Cup and the Lip: AIMO Survey Results

All India Manufacturers’ Organisation founded by Bharat Ratna, Sir M. Visvesvaraya in 1941 represents the MSMEs in the country. With the initiative of Shri K.E Raghunathan, immediate past president of the organisation AIMO has...

Read more June 12, 2020 at 11:30 am Thomas Franco

‘सरकार’ को चाहिए महंगी बिजली !

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संकट के समय गैर जरूरी है मध्य प्रदेश का अडानी से बिजली खरीद समझौता

STILL DIGGING: G20 GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO FINANCE THE CLIMATE CRISIS

In 2015, governments around the world committed to hold global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (°C) and to strive to limit warming to 1.5°C by adopting the Paris Agreement. This analysis shows...

कारपोरेट के लिए पर्यावरण प्रभाव निर्धारण प्रकिया में हो रहा है बदलाव ?

वर्तमान लाक डाउन में वन एवं पर्यावरण मंत्रालय ने एक बार फिर 12 मार्च 2020 को पर्यावरण प्रभाव निर्धारण प्रकिया 2006 में संशोधन हेतु ई.आई.ए 2020 प्रस्तावित किया है।जिसमें पर्यावरणीय मंजूरी के पहले ही...

Read more May 26, 2020 at 3:53 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

National Consultation on The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 DATE: 29th April 2020

As India struggles through battling a pandemic and subsequent shut down, the government seems to be in no mood on pausing in stifling controversial issues that majorly impact the economy of the country. After...

SBI decides to withdraw penalties for not maintaining minimum balance & charges for SMS alerts

FAN India welcomes SBI’s decision of removing the penalty for not maintaining minimum balance and charges for SMS alerts. Other banks should also follow and withdraw all bank charges immediately. Click here to watch...

Social Activists and Economists Layout Vision for a Post Covid Economy

Press Release | May 19, 2020 New Delhi: “Thinking about an Ameere Rehka (wealth line) and not a Gareebi Rekha (poverty line) is the need of the hour”, noted social activist Medha Patkar said. She was speaking at...