Will the RBI Solve the NPA Problem?
Five years ago, the All India Bank Officers’ Association, presented a presentation to our Bank Management titled NPA-Never Permit an Avalanche. This helped a lot to reduce NPAs of smaller amount but the large...
Five years ago, the All India Bank Officers’ Association, presented a presentation to our Bank Management titled NPA-Never Permit an Avalanche. This helped a lot to reduce NPAs of smaller amount but the large...
The World Bank has spent the past four years overhauling the rules it applies to prevent or mitigate social and environmental harm from the development projects it finances. But human rights are all but...
In the times of big surprises in the economic and political decisions of the country, is Universal Basic Income (UBI) the next big surprise? A series of statements by key policymakers of late seem...
A recent article on the much-acclaimed accountability mechanism of World Bank, the Inspection Panel (IP), indicates that all is not well with it and it could get its wings clipped. The discussion on the...
In a paper that Desmond Fernandes and I wrote in the late 1990s, entitled “Deep Politics, Liberalisation and Corruption: The Mangalore Power Company Controversy”, a paper that exhaustively discussed implications to India due to...
Compilation of essays written on the impact of demonetisation on the people and economy.
Hailed as a “big-bang move” by bankers, the government’s plan to recapitalise public sector banks with Rs 2.1 lakh crores is deemed to hold magical powers that will help turn around their financial situations....
This year, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting on October 12-13 overlapped with the IMF-World Bank annual meeting on October 13-15 in Washington, DC. As of December 1, 2017, Argentina becomes...
Hindi translation of the compilation of essays written on the impact of demonetisation on the people and economy.
World Bank’s Chief Economist Ejaz Ghani recently advocated for the large-scale infrastructure investment mentioning that Golden Quadrilateral project has given a massive boost to manufacturing activity and productivity in districts located within 10km of...
Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy: Sagarmala’s Case in Point by Dr Himanshu Damle of Public Finance Public Accountability Collective, New Delhi and could be reached at himanshudamle@pfpac.net The article was originally published here in...
October 14, 2017, New Delhi: Some of the biggest players in global finance are quietly backing the world’s most dangerous coal plant, according to an international investigative report released earlier this week. The report titled Time...
For immediate release How International Investors Can Stop Rampal Power Project, the World’s Most Dangerous Coal Plant Report Shines a Light on Hidden Backers of World’s Most Destructive Coal Project October 12, 2017, New...
ADB Footprints: An Overview of ADB’s Investments in India