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Indian Banking

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Notwithstanding FM’s bravado, global recession is a big threat to India

In fact, Centre’s whimsical policy response to the emerging global economic scenario is an equally big threat to the economy It would be imprudent to assume that a global recessionary trend will bypass India....

Read more August 4, 2022 at 5:57 pm Prasanna Mohanty

Banking and Customer Rights

The banking sector has definitely come a long way since nationalisation, we still are many miles behind in our target of achieving a fully inclusive banking system. Do we have a banking system where...

Read more August 3, 2021 at 4:55 pm Ashish Kajla

Insolvency of ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code’ – Booklet

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was brought in 2016 with a huge fan flare and was presented as a magic solution for the underlying problem of corporate bad loans. After 5 years, we can see...

Read more July 23, 2021 at 6:03 pm CFA

Bank Nationalization Day: In Defense of Public Sector Banks

19th of July is marked as the bank nationalisation day, recognising the historical decision of the Indira Gandhi government to take control of private banks. It is not an exaggeration to say that the...

Read more July 23, 2021 at 10:01 am CFA

People’s money for people’s welfare

On the eve of independence of our country, on 14th August 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru spoke in the Constituent Assembly that India has a tryst with destiny.  Similarly AIBEA made a tryst with destiny...

Read more July 19, 2021 at 6:44 pm C. H. Venkatachalam

History of Nationalisation of Banks and Task ahead

While celebrating 52 years of Nationalisation, we have a government led by those people who along with their party opposed Nationalisation and now want to privatise everything. It is important to look at History...

Read more July 19, 2021 at 6:37 pm Thomas Franco

How ‘The insolvency and bankruptcy code’ helps to loot public money ‘legally’

A law called “The insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) 2016” was enacted in the parliament in May 2016 apparently to recover the mounting Non-Performing Asset (NPA) from the corporate sector. This law enables the...

Read more July 19, 2021 at 6:14 pm C P Krishnan

The Challenge of Revival of Development Finance in India: A Political Economy Perspective

Nationalisation of private sector banks was carried out during the decades of seventies and eighties by the Indian state with the aim to widen and deepen the path of capitalist transition in India. In...

Read more July 19, 2021 at 6:02 pm Dinesh Abrol

Naionalisation of Banks: An Outstanding Intervention

The story of India’s Bank nationalisation in 1969, i.e. the public takeover of a significant part of the country’s banking system, its causes, consequences, achievements, and finally concerted attempts to weaken/roll-back the banking and...

Read more July 19, 2021 at 5:45 pm Praveen Jha

Did Nationalisation Achieve its Objectives?

Bank Nationalisation and the associated public policies on banking and financial sector development were predicated on the strong assumption of the need for promoting financial intermediation by building institutions, expanding their geographical spread, mobilising...

Read more June 2, 2021 at 12:32 pm Thomas Franco

Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

RBI announced in August 2016, that it will move to cap exposure of banks to large borrowers while also taking steps to deepen the Corporate Bond Market. RBI stated that starting from next fiscal year...

Read more February 26, 2021 at 4:46 pm Thomas Franco

Titanic Moment?; Analysis of NPAs & Loans by the PSBs in the Pre-COVID Era

An Analysis of Non-Performing Assets & Loans by the Public Sector Banks in the Pre-COVID Era For the Indian banks, reeling under the weight of mounting Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), COVID came as a blessing...

Read more June 19, 2020 at 5:14 pm CFA

Random Reflections- Altering the Course of Banking

The Banking Sector was already in crisis. Crisis was created through the policies.  Large credit was encouraged leading to the NPA Crisis. Development institutions like IDBI, ICICI and even UTI were converted into banks....

Read more May 11, 2020 at 5:07 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Everyone loves Corona except the Bankers and Migrant Workers

The Economy was already in shambles and Corona has brought great relief. Everyone can blame Corona and everyone can get relief. From what is happening around the world and the few measures announced by...

Read more April 1, 2020 at 12:25 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections: Brothers have the last laugh- Banks become bald with haircut

Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani divided their companies under the Reliance empire in 2005. Brothers continue to use the same Reliance brand. Reliance is known for malpractices as explained in books like Ambani &...

Read more March 24, 2020 at 6:24 pm Thomas Franco
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