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Bank Privatisation

IDBI Bank Sale—The Height of Madness 

When the Nobel Prize in Economics is awarded to economists for their work on “why banks should not be allowed to fail,” the Union Government announced an Expression of Interest in selling IDBI Bank.

Read more October 12, 2022 at 5:57 pm Thomas Franco

Is SBI getting Privatised?

Arvind Panagariya and Poonam Gupta have come up with a demand that all public sector banks except the State Bank of India should be privatised.

Read more July 25, 2022 at 12:58 pm Thomas Franco

Roadshows in the US to sell IDBI Bank! Why not allow LIC to own it?

“Banking is a very good business if you don't do anything dumb,” goes an anonymous quote.

Read more July 5, 2022 at 10:19 am Thomas Franco

DICGC- To Benefit Govt, Not Customers

The Deposit Insurance Act 1961 came into force from 1st January 1962. Though the name still continues to be ‘Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation,’ the Credit Guarantee scheme was discontinued in 2003. ​The Deposit...

Read more August 25, 2021 at 12:53 pm Thomas Franco

Banking and Customer Rights

The banking sector has definitely come a long way since nationalisation, we still are many miles behind in our target of achieving a fully inclusive banking system. Do we have a banking system where...

Read more August 3, 2021 at 4:55 pm Ashish Kajla

Naionalisation of Banks: An Outstanding Intervention

The story of India’s Bank nationalisation in 1969, i.e. the public takeover of a significant part of the country’s banking system, its causes, consequences, achievements, and finally concerted attempts to weaken/roll-back the banking and...

Read more July 19, 2021 at 5:45 pm Praveen Jha

Indian Economy in Shambles-What is to be done?

RBI has downgraded India’s growth projection to 9.5% from 10.5%. World Bank projects it at 8.3%. Actually, it may be worse. This is at the backdrop of GDP growth of a negative 7.3%. Last year,...

Read more June 10, 2021 at 12:43 pm Thomas Franco

Glimpses of Public Support to the General Strike

All over the country, people came out in support of the general strike on March 15,16,17 & 18. With thanks to The Research Collective, Delhi, Sneha, Nagapatinam, TN, Defeat Fascist BJP Campaign, TN, Shahri...

Read more April 29, 2021 at 7:25 pm CFA

Can Bank Privatisation be stopped?

When the financial resolution and deposit insurance Bill was introduced in Parliament many thought that the mighty Government will get it passed.  But the campaign against it, not only by Trade Unions but also...

Read more March 26, 2021 at 3:27 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin

Almost all financial newspapers have informed that 3-5 banks and 3 general insurance companies are going to be privatized. They have indicated that Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Punjab and Sind...

Read more July 22, 2020 at 5:31 pm Thomas Franco

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...

Read more June 19, 2020 at 5:14 pm CFA

Random Reflections- Altering the Course of Banking

The Banking Sector was already in crisis. Crisis was created through the policies.  Large credit was encouraged leading to the NPA Crisis. Development institutions like IDBI, ICICI and even UTI were converted into banks....

Read more May 11, 2020 at 5:07 pm Thomas Franco

Faultlines in the path of PSU privatisation

The Economic Survey for 2019-20, on page 158 in Chapter 7 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly not efficient today”. This is the statement issued by the owner of these banks. If...

Read more February 18, 2020 at 1:53 pm Devidas Tuljapurakar

Random Reflections: What next in Banking Sector? Will the Trade Unions work together?

On 22nd Oct, AIBEA and BEFI went on strike against merger of Banks. Did anybody care? Sad that all Unions and Associatious objecting merger did not fight together. The Banking Sector Trade Unions in...

Read more October 26, 2019 at 6:54 pm Thomas Franco

Merger of Banks a Diversion from Core Issue of NPA: AIBOC

All India Bank Officers’ Confederation in a statement condemning the bank merger said, “the announced merger of three public sector banks is nothing but a diversion away from the core issue of NPA recovery....

Read more September 24, 2018 at 3:16 pm CFA
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