The merger of PSBs- A Failed Experiment!
On 1st October 2017, five associate banks of SBI were merged in the State Bank of India. Dena Bank and Vijay Bank were merged in Bank of Baroda on 1st April 2019, while in...
SAVE PUBLIC SECTOR CHARACTER OF IDBI
TO PROTECT HARD EARNED SAVINGS OF THE COMMON MAN ORIGIN OF DEVELOPMENT BANKING Historically, the idea of establishing special institution for the provision of finance for industry was put forth in strong terms, as...
19th July Call of the Day is “Defend Bank Nationalisation: – Defeat Bank Privatisation”
19th July 1969, the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi Nationalised 14 major private sector banks. Thus banking reached to the rural areas, backward regions. Banks started lending to the agriculture which enabled green revolution...
Banking in Disarray! How to bring it back on tracks?
RBI in its first announcement dated 27th March 2020, consequent upon corona pandemic 2019 had come out with various initiatives such as reduction in CRR, Repo Rate etc. thus to improve upon liquidity position...
Faultlines in the path of PSU privatisation
The Economic Survey for 2019-20, on page 158 in Chapter 7 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly not efficient today”. This is the statement issued by the owner of these banks. If...
Mergers To Serve Corporate Interests
On August 30, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced the consolidation of 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four large ones. The background of the announcement is the current full-blown economic crisis and a brewing...
Bank Mergers Why For?
Nirmala Sitaraman, Minister of Finance, in her latest press conference, announced the merger of 10 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to carve out four big banks. In the process six, PSBs are being closed. Presently...
Indian Economy In Deep Troubles: Stock-taking of the Previous Financial Year
The Financial Year 2018-19, which recently ended, proved to be the most challenging year for the financial world. The first and foremost challenge was the introduction of the Financial Regulatory and Deposit Insurance Bill...
Impact of Global Crisis on the Indian Banking System
This impact is not only circumscribed to NPA. Overall, Indian banking is passing through one of the worst crisis in history. Since the last three years, banking in the public sector is almost stagnant....
Banking in the Dilemma of Recovery
Presently the Indian Banking is passing through a deep crisis mainly on account of mounting Non-Performing Assets, which were unfolded after the Assets Quality Inspection by the RBI at the instance of the then...