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The first 23 years of Nationalisation and 30 years of Privatisation

The nationalisation of 14 banks on 19th July 1969 was the most desirable and important economic cum social reform in independent India. After 2 days of Nationalisation, Mrs. Indira Gandhi explained to the Parliament...

Read more July 21, 2024 at 2:07 pm Thomas Franco

Where is my Interest? Will Nirmalaji explain?

The plain truth is- ‘without depositor's funds, banks will cease to exist.’ Hence, the banks have a primary responsibility towards the depositors. They should not only keep the deposit safe but also provide a...

Read more June 28, 2024 at 5:56 pm Thomas Franco

Systematically killing public sector banks: Pushing away people to money sharks

It was only after the nationalisation of 14 banks on July 19, 1969, that the banks reached the common people. The main changes that were done included a shift from class banking to mass...

Read more January 23, 2023 at 6:53 pm CFA

Reserve Bank of India – Clueless, Careless and Heartless

RBI is the regulator and supervisor of the monetary system. Its objectives are, to maintain public confidence in the system, protect depositors’ interests and provide cost-effective banking services to the public. Its roles are...

Read more December 12, 2022 at 11:30 am Thomas Franco

Why are Public Sector Banks performing better?

The quarter 2 results of the public sector banks are noteworthy compared to a few years ago. All these banks showed good profits in the financial year 2021-22. Twelve PSBs made a net profit...

Read more November 15, 2022 at 3:24 pm Thomas Franco

Importance of Public Banking System and How the Social Responsibility of Banks is being Diluted

A farmer came to a bank and asked for a loan for cultivation. The branch manager asked for security.  The farmer said that he doesn’t have any security.

Read more October 3, 2022 at 4:05 pm Thomas Franco

RBI Bulletin- What did the media miss out?

It is surprising that none of these national newspapers noticed the footnote in the publication which said that this was not the opinion of the RBI.

Read more August 22, 2022 at 1:35 pm Thomas Franco

KYC – Kill Your Customer?

Last year, a retired scientist received a call purportedly from SBI informing him that his account is blocked for non-compliance of KYC. They sent him a password to be shared with the caller. He...

Read more August 17, 2022 at 10:56 am Thomas Franco

How to destroy the Indian Economy? Poonam Gupta and Arvind Panagaraiya prescribe

A report presented by Poonam Gupta and Arvind Panagaraiya at the India Policy Forum 2022 on 12th July, is clearly a prescription for destroying the Indian Economy which is already on the verge of...

Read more August 2, 2022 at 12:31 pm Thomas Franco

Is SBI getting Privatised?

Arvind Panagariya and Poonam Gupta have come up with a demand that all public sector banks except the State Bank of India should be privatised.

Read more July 25, 2022 at 12:58 pm Thomas Franco

LIC should run the IDBI bank and not some fortune seekers

In the USA right now, roadshows by our government to sell IDBI Bank are happening, soliciting prospective buyers.

Read more July 11, 2022 at 7:10 pm Thomas Franco

Why Talk of Privatisation When Public Sector Banks are Doing Excellent?

The net profit of the public sector banks in 2021 was Rs.31,820 crore and their operating profit was Rs.1,97,376 crore. The net profit increased by 109% to Rs.66,541 crore in 2022 and the operating...

Read more June 27, 2022 at 12:50 pm Thomas Franco

Should Corporates Own Banks?

“It would be difficult to undertake credit planning unless the linked control of Industry and Banks in the hands is snapped by Nationalisation of Banks,” said R K Hazari in the R K Hazari...

Read more March 4, 2022 at 1:13 pm Thomas Franco

Dubious ways of Privatising Banks without calling it Privatisation

From 1991 with the debut of neoliberal policies we have followed the dictates of IMF, the World Bank, the Financial Stability Board (of G-20) and now even the World Economic Forum.

Read more January 25, 2022 at 5:06 pm Thomas Franco

Are the Employees of Public Sector Banks Overexploited?

Newton Kumar who is known on Twitter as @idesibanda has compiled data on the banks’ business and employee strength based on annual reports of the banks. The data on number of customers per employee...

Read more July 5, 2021 at 2:10 pm Thomas Franco
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