More than 10,000 bank employees and officers from across the country marched from Ramlila Grounds to Parliament on September 15, 2017. They were marching to protest the anti-people banking reforms being implemented by successive...
For Indian corporations, the grass seems to be getting greener the other side. Investments and acquisitions abroad have been the hallmark of Indian corporations the past decade and a half. While acquisitions of Jaguar...
It is an acknowledged fact that the Indian banking system is facing an unprecedented crisis. The problem of bad loans and the need for a capital infusion, drastic changes in financial policies, new legislation...
August 10, 2017, New Delhi: “The government, which is arguing against the right to privacy in Aadhaar, is fighting for the privacy of large corporate defaulters,” said eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who has raised...
Every year, India pays an enormous amount of money as commitment charges to the multilateral institutions for not utilising the loans sanctioned by them. Investopedia defines commitment charges as the fee charged by the lender...
Conversations on Finance Understanding Goods and Service Tax (GST), its impact and implications GST, as a concept, introduced by the UPA government in the budget speech by Chidambaram, is a reality today. Pranab Mukherjee,...
Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), a euphemism for toxic or bad loans, has been looming over Public Sector Banks (PSBs) for over a year. C. P. Krishnan, the General Secretary of Bank Employees Federation of India...
The Constitution of India has accorded the Parliament the supremacy among the three organs of the Union government viz legislature, executive, and judiciary. Parliament not only makes the laws but also enables the citizens...
Don’t account holders have the right to know where their money is being invested? I was disturbed by news that my bank, the State Bank of India, has invested in a company that makes...
Priya Dharshini State Bank of India, the largest state owned bank in the country received a special honour of being the only Indian financial institution to sponsor cluster munitions. In June 2016, PAX a...