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Crisis in Banking: Is forbearance the Original Sin?

Chapter 7 of Economic Survey dealing with the banking crisis strongly emphasizes that the continuation of the policy of forbearance followed in the wake of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) even after 2011 was the...

Read more February 16, 2021 at 11:23 am Priya Dharshini

Budget 2021: ‘Blueprint to drive inequality’

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) organized a Public Meeting titled, “Budget Like Never Before: A Critical Analysis of Budget 2021” on 11th February, 2021, which brought together an esteemed set of panellists covering Indian...

Read more February 14, 2021 at 12:25 pm Nishank

The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!

The Union budget 2021-22 was placed in the Parliament a few days ago. Taking a quick look at its Environment & Climate provisions, here is a brief snapshot of the dismal picture of the...

Read more February 5, 2021 at 7:13 pm Soumya Dutta

Budget ‘Like Never Before’ – 2021 Budget Analysis

This document aims to analyse the budget announcements in a few areas such as external borrowings/debt, allocations (and misses) for strengthening the public banking, steps taken to address the key issues like non-performing assets,...

Read more February 3, 2021 at 5:31 pm CFA

Micro Finance – Time to look back and make a ‘U’ turn

In 1992, Self Help Groups (SHGs) promoted by NABARD as a Pilot Programme came as a boon for women who did not have access to credit. In Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu), the experience of Mahalir Association...

Read more January 12, 2021 at 12:24 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections – Online Loans: Government and RBI should address the root cause of the problem

Online loans have led to suicides and loss of more than 1000 crores reported so far and few Chinese nationals are accused of cheating. Neither the Reserve Bank of India nor the Government of India...

Read more January 8, 2021 at 12:44 pm Thomas Franco

Internal Working Group of RBI recommends ownership of banks by industrial houses. Undoing Nationalization?

In November 2020, an Internal Working Group (IWG) of the RBI came out with a recommendation for allowing large corporate and industrial houses to promote banks and permitting promoters to raise their stakes in...

Read more January 1, 2021 at 10:10 pm Ashish Kajla

Random Reflections- Why Boycott Ambanis?

Reliance Group which was started by Dhirubhai Ambani has grown so big using political clout, dubious methods, greasing bureaucrats and politicians and even using loopholes in law including international courts. Books for reference Ambani...

Read more December 28, 2020 at 1:22 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections; The Farm Laws – More than the farmers, the others have to worry – Why?

Income inequality is increasing every day. Few corporate industrial house owners are becoming oligarchs. The olden day monarchs at least had some concern for the people. These monarchs don’t care. The income inequality reduced...

Read more December 23, 2020 at 12:16 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Are the farmers mislead or they are better read? There is more than the farm bills

WhatsApp University is filled with comments on the historic, unprecedented farmer’s agitation. The mainstream media also had to report at least some aspects of the Agitation. But there are questions in the social media...

Read more December 8, 2020 at 6:07 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections — Handing over Control of Banks to Corporates will be handing over the Country. Time for Mr SakthiKantha Das to go

Internal Working Group of RBI has released a draft report on banking titled, “Ownership Guidelines and Corporate Structure for Indian Private Banks”. Comments on the report can be submitted before January 15. While few...

Read more November 27, 2020 at 1:13 pm Thomas Franco

India in Historic Recession, Cash at All-Time High After 4 Years of Demonetisation

Snippets from the Indian Banking and Finance Arena – November 2020 RBI announces: India in historic technical recession. Is COVID pandemic the only reason?  RBI’s deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, along with...

Read more November 19, 2020 at 1:32 pm Nishank

Random Reflections- Future of Wage Revision and Trade Unions in Banking Sector – End of the Road?

After more than 3 years of negotiations, strikes and agitations, wage revision for bank employees has been signed on 11.11.2020. For the award staff it is called Bipartite Settlement as they are covered under...

Read more November 17, 2020 at 1:58 am Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Demonetisation – The cruel joke on the People

After demonetisation on November 8, 2016, seeing the anger of the people, on Nov 13 PM Modi in an emotionally choked speech in Goa said “I have asked the country for just 50 days....

Read more November 10, 2020 at 1:22 pm Thomas Franco

The Curious Case of PM CARES

A pandemic like crisis naturally demands meticulous care, absolute impartiality and sheer stainless character in action. However even in this hour of peril the ruling party stooped further low by refusing to rise above...

Read more November 1, 2020 at 7:15 pm Mir Jalal
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Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

Random Reflections RBI announced in August 2016, that it will move to cap exposure of Banks to large borrowers...

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Unwrapping Economic Survey 2020-21

Three days prior to the Union Budget presentation for the year 2021, Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitaraman introduced Economic...

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