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...
Making Plastics in India: Trends in the industry
Big money is set to fuel the making of more plastics in India. But how and where is plastic made? The production of phenolics in India began in 1947 and the first thermoplastics (polystyrene)...
Private Investments in India- A Mapping Report
Infrastructure continues to be a focus sector in the Indian economy and is seen as a catalyst to boost overall economic growth. It continues to attract attention not only from the government for creating...
How Inclusive are Smart Cities?
It was in November 2020, soon after cities unlocked based on the guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs directing states and Union Territories to take a decision on removing restrictions on travel, gatherings...
A Dint on the PSB’s NPA Management
The global economy is in a downward trend, fueled by the 3rd wave of the pandemic. In India, the role of Public Sector Banks (PSB) who constitutes more than 65% of the banking system,...
Selling the Golden Goose for a Pittance – Does our FM know what LIC is?
In spite of strong opposition from all sections of the society, the Finance Minister has recently asked her Ministries to speed up LIC Initial Public Offer (IPO).
National Monetisation Pipeline – Global Lessons for India
This briefing paper is focused on the recently announced National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP). The paper discusses the concepts such as asset monetisation, the Indian economic context for asset monetisation, the intense focus on infrastructure...
ADB Approves 350 Million Loan to Strengthen India’s Urban Services
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide USD 350 million loan to improve access to urban services in India by accelerating policy actions and reforms to enhance service delivery and promote performance-based central fiscal...
Reading the Rhetoric: G20, its Politics & What the 2023 Presidency Means for India
Founded in 1999, in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis, G20’s formation was announced by the finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) as the forum for international cooperation on financial and...
The Fate of Rural and Farm Credit with Privatisation of Banks
Rural and farm credit were totally neglected before the nationalisation of banks on 19th July 1969. The historic All India Rural Credit Survey carried out in 1954 showed that formal credit institutions provided less...
कोविड की चपेट में मध्यप्रदेश की पहचान बाघ प्रिंट
कोविड-19 के बाद से उद्योगों को आर्थिक संकट झेलना पड़ा है। इन दो सालों में कई फैक्ट्रियों के बंद हो जाने से अनगिनत लोगों का रोजगार छिन गया। वहीं अनेक लघु उद्योग बंद होने...
Faced with grotesque inequality, what can we learn from Chile?
“Chile was the birthplace of neoliberalism, and it shall also be its grave!” said Gabriel Boric, a young student leader from the radical fold who was forged in the protests that has rocked Chile...
The sustained attack on federalism
B. Pocker Sahib, a Muslim League member from Kerala in the Constituent Assembly, was prophetic when he outlined his concerns about the possible impact of centralisation of powers.
Does Kerala Need a Bullet Train?
Kerala’s flagship Silver Line project, a semi high speed rail corridor passing through 11 districts between Thiruvananthpuram and Kasargod is not technically a “Bullet Train” like the one proposed between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, but...
NEP 2020: Economic growth at the cost of widening inequality
On August 24, Delhi University witnessed a vehement protest by the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) outside the Vice Chancellor’s office. Inside, the academic council was meeting to reinstate the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP)...
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