Three Cheers to Finance Matters!
This issue of Finance Matters marks the completion of three years since it was started.We thank you all its readers and those who contributed to it. To bring out a weekly newsletter has its own...
Indian groups reject World Bank’s concept note for World Development Report 2021: “Data for better Lives”
The annual World Development Report (WDR) is a flagship publication of the World Bank. The 2021 WDR report is in the process of being drafted and is titled “Data for Better Lives”. The Bank...
Disaster Funding and COVID-19 response of MDB’s in India
Over the years increasingly institutions like World Bank and other MDBs have started using post-disaster situations and climate change as an opportunity to bring in policy reforms. Post disaster rehabilitation and recovery programmes provide...
Random Reflections- Are the Public Banks Already Private?
Institutions do not become public only because of ownership by the state. They should serve the people at large who are the real owners. While nationalising banks, the purpose was not to earn profit...
Random Reflections- Loan Melas Are Back. Bankers Going to be in the Receiving End
The Hindu reported on 22nd June 2020 under the caption, ‘TN BJP creates website to help people get bank loans under central schemes’ saying that the TN state unit of BJP has set up...
Hindi -Comments and Objections of Civil Society Groups and members on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020
सेवा श्री आर के सिंह राज्य मंत्री-बिजली और नई और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा श्रम शक्ति भवन, भारत सरकार नई दिल्ली -110001 ...
Videos: Activists speak strongly against Draconian Draft of Electricity Amendment Bill 2020
Videos Rajkumar Sinha, (Bargi Bandh Evam Visthapit Sangh & NAPM Madhya Pradesh) Ashok Srimali, (General Secretary of Mines, Mineral & People, Gujarat). Praful Samantra, (Lok Shakti Abhiyan & NAPM Odisha). Punit Minz, (Johar Unorganized...
THE BREACH OF TRUST BETWEEN BANKS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS
There are several factors which play an important role in determining the relationship between banks and their customers. One of the most important amongst them is what services banks provide and how they deliver...
How the Govt Is Spinning Its Dysfunctional Nagpur Water Project as a Success Story
The Indian government’s PPP database indicates that infrastructure projects worth Rs 15,960.66 crore are listed under the ‘water’ sector, as of December 2019. Nagpur: The issue of water privatisation was once a hot potato...
Titanic Moment?; Analysis of NPAs & Loans by the PSBs in the Pre-COVID Era
An Analysis of Non-Performing Assets & Loans by the Public Sector Banks in the Pre-COVID Era For the Indian banks, reeling under the weight of mounting Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), COVID came as a blessing...
Random Reflections- Digital Frauds on the increase. Do our Banks have a Safe Security System?
Everyday hundreds of digital frauds are reported in the banks Internet Banking, ATMs, mobile banking etc. This is going on for years and seldom anybody is caught. Even well-educated are cheated. The cyber frauds...
सस्ती सरकारी बिजली होने के बावजूद महंगी निजी बिजली खरीद रही सरकार
देश और दुनिया कोरोनावायरस महामारी के इस सकंट को फैलने से बचाने मे लगे है। लाखों मजदूर भुखे और प्यासे पैदल आपने गाँवों की और लौट रहे है। यह कहना भी असंगत नहीं होगा...
BANK CHARGES EXHAUSTING COVID-19 RELIEF FUND
On 24th March, 2020, the Prime Minister of India has declared the nationwide lockdown due to global widespread of Covid 19. As a result, the entire businesses, works, and economy have shut down leading to...
Random Reflections- Bank Loans; Many a slip between the Cup and the Lip: AIMO Survey Results
All India Manufacturers’ Organisation founded by Bharat Ratna, Sir M. Visvesvaraya in 1941 represents the MSMEs in the country. With the initiative of Shri K.E Raghunathan, immediate past president of the organisation AIMO has...
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