Random Reflections by Thomas Franco
Lessons from the Nobel Prize in Economics After Dr. Amartya Sen received Nobel Prize for Development Economics, Abhijit Banerjee, an Indian has become the winner of Nobel on Economics along with his wife Esther...
Felicitation of Thomas Franco and Soumya Datta, Followed by a Public Lecture on ‘Crisis in Public Sector Banks and Importance of Bank Unions’ by Prof C P Chandrasekhar
Felicitation Ceremony and Public Lecture Delhi Solidarity Group (DSG) and Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) invites: Felicitation of Com. Thomas Franco, Former Gen. Sec AIBOC and Com. Soumya Datta, Gen. Sec AIBOC. In recognition...
Thomas Franco on the Banking Sector at Crossroads: Way Ahead
Franco was speaking at the public meeting titled Last battle to save PSBs on November 29, 2017, at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. The meeting was jointly organised by All India Bank Officer’s...
New Banking Legislations: Boon or Bane? Talk by Dr Thomas Franco
New Banking Legislations: Boon or Bane? Conversation with Dr Thomas Franco, General Secretary, All India Bank Officers Confederation, on the perils of the recent banking legislations, including Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016, Banking...
Video: RBI Head Should Quit – Thomas Franco
Dr Thomas Franco, the vice president of All India Bank Officers Confederation, says Urjit Patel (RBI Governor) is morally responsible for causing crisis and deaths in the country. Franco said the government should have...
Justice delayed is not only justice denied but justice killed.
In the recently published book (In) Complete Justice? The Supreme Court at 75, Critical reflections edited by Justice S. Muralidhar, former Chief Justice, Odisha, Dr. Usha Ramanathan, in her article, has quoted many cases...
PSB Manthan to Privatise Public Banks – A Dangerous Path
As per reports in Business Standard, “Call for paring Govt stake in Public Sector Banks, diluting the Government’s stake in them and leaving their regulations to the RBI were among the key new ideas...
Civil society leaders urge RBI and banks to provide loan relief amid 2025 monsoon disaster losses
More than 100 civil society organisations and individuals — including Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan, Shaktiman Ghosh of the National Hawkers Federation, Thomas Franco, former General Secretary of the All India Bank Officers...
Half full Half Empty GST Changes?
Newspapers are full of advertisements praising the Prime Minister for the so-called Diwali gift. Few analysts have come out with the real report card of GST. Convener of Association of Indian Entrepreneurs Mr. K...
Appeal from Civil Society for Immediate Loan Relief for Households, Individuals and Small Enterprises in the Context of Monsoon and Climate Emergency-Related Disasters
On urgent loan relief for households, individuals and small enterprises hit by the 2025 monsoon disasters To: Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) • Chairpersons/CEOs of Scheduled Commercial Banks • Heads of NBFCs and Microfinance...
Women demand basic dignity, access to credit and monitoring micro finance by States
The National Public Hearing on Rising Indebtedness of Women and MFI Loot, convened by the All India Democratic Women’s Association, on 23-24 August 2025 at New Delhi highlighted the failure of the Government of...
Massive Public Hearing of Women Charge Sheet the Union Govt, RBI, NBFCs and MFIs
More than 500 delegates and observers of the All India Democratic Women’s Association, the largest women’s organisation in the country with more than 10 million members, held the Government of India, Reserve Bank of...
Stop Silencing Independent Journalism: Civil Society Stands with The Wire
Press Release New Delhi | 23.08.2025 A broad spectrum of civil society voices has come together to strongly oppose the latest attempt to intimidate independent journalism in India. In a joint statement signed by...
BULA BILL TO SAVE SHYLOCKS?
The Statement of the Peoples Commission on Public Sector and Public Services has declared that the BULA Bill fails to rein in predatory lending activities.The summary of the statements is given below: The Department...
By pushing people to money lenders the Union Govt and RBI are implementing Manusmriti
History shows that in primitive society there was no money lending and people shared their natural resources. In India, the concept of lending has been recorded during the Mauryan age, i.e., 321–185 BCE. Kautilya’s...
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