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...

Read more June 23, 2020 at 12:23 am Shivani Dwivedi

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...

Read more June 22, 2020 at 12:06 pm Nivedita Khandekar

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...

Read more June 18, 2020 at 12:16 pm Thomas Franco

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...

Read more June 17, 2020 at 5:54 pm Rajesh Kumar

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...

Read more June 15, 2020 at 12:14 am Shivani Dwivedi

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...

Read more June 12, 2020 at 11:30 am Thomas Franco

‘सरकार’ को चाहिए महंगी बिजली !

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ऊर्जा संवाद का विशेष अकं: सरकार द्धारा प्रस्तावित विद्युत अधिनियम 2020 बिजली क्षेत्र के निजीकरण पर जोर देता

टैरिफ की दर बढ़ेगी, जिसे फिर जबरन उपभोगताओं से वसूला जायेगा यह विधेयक में एक असफल सार्वजनिक-निजी साझेदारी (पी.पी.पी.) मॉडल का प्रस्ताव विवादस्पद विद्युत(संशोधन) विधेयक, 2020 की निंदा करते हुए संयुक्त बयान कड़े संघर्ष...

Concept Note titled Public Money: Resistance Against Arbitrary Bank Charges

Banks act as financial intermediaries between depositors and borrowers. It is the public money, deposited in the form of term deposit (fixed deposits) and time deposit (saving accounts) which banks use for lending to...

SBI WAIVER ON MINIMUM BALANCE PENALTY IS WELCOME: ALL BANK CHARGES

Financial Accountability Network India (FAN India) welcomes the announcement of State Bank of India (SBI) to waive the penalty for not maintaining Average Minimum Balance and for SMS service.In 2017, SBI imposed penalty on...

Read more June 10, 2020 at 12:07 am Shivani Dwivedi

Submission to the Ministry of Power regarding the financial viability related issues for the proposed Etalin Hydro Electric Project (EHEP)

The Jindal Power owned Etalin Hydro Project, in Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh which has been saddled with social and environmental impacts, was in news recently. A financial analysis carried out by Ashwini Chitnis & Shripad...

THE WORST AFFECT OF BANK CHARGES ON WORKING CLASS

The massive bank charges introduced in past few years have greatly affected the financial state of marginalised working class. This was better understood when the team of FanIndia has talked to some people of...

Read more June 8, 2020 at 11:54 pm Shivani Dwivedi

Proposed electricity Bill to blatantly promote industry profit, ‘ignores’ consumers

Counterview Desk As many as 90 civil society groups and member have strongly objected to comments and objections on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, stating it “such comprehensive reform of a major law...

Comments and Objections of Civil Society Groups & Members on the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020

To Shri R K Singh Minister of State – IC (Power and New & Renewable Energy) Shram Shakti Bhawan, Government of India New Delhi-110001 ...