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Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector

“Call the dog mad and shoot it” was the old slogan. The present slogan is, “poison the dog, make it look like mad and shoot it”. The governments have done exactly the same with...

Read more July 30, 2020 at 9:18 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

Random Reflections: 51 Years of Bank Nationalisation – Was it a sin? A vision? A missed opportunity? & What’s today’s position?

Nationalisation of the banks which had deposits above Rs.50 Crores, covering almost 85% of the total deposits on 19th July 1969 was historic, dramatic and welcomed by majority of the people. Some described it...

Read more July 16, 2020 at 1:55 pm Thomas Franco

19th July Call of the Day is “Defend Bank Nationalisation: – Defeat Bank Privatisation”

19th July 1969, the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi Nationalised 14 major private sector banks. Thus banking reached to the rural areas, backward regions. Banks started lending to the agriculture which enabled green revolution...

Read more July 15, 2020 at 12:05 pm Devidas Tuljapurakar

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...

Read more June 24, 2020 at 4:58 pm Thomas Franco

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

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

How Banks Are Stealing Our Money

The Indian banking sector is under a prolonged and severe crisis. Bad loans continue to grow and banks remain under-capitalized with profits in the red. As a result, credit growth remains muted, reinforcing the...

Read more June 5, 2020 at 12:44 am CFA

Breakdown of Finance Minister’s Atmanirbhar Bharat

Finance Minister gave a press statement and a document of 27 pages has been released. Everybody is hoping now for the other parts. When the economy is in crisis everyone hoped for relief package...

Read more May 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm Thomas Franco

Banking in Disarray! How to bring it back on tracks?

RBI in its first announcement dated 27th March 2020, consequent upon corona pandemic 2019 had come out with various initiatives such as reduction in CRR, Repo Rate etc. thus to improve upon liquidity position...

Read more April 27, 2020 at 10:17 pm Devidas Tuljapurakar

BANKS LEVY NUMEROUS CHARGES ON CUSTOMERS FOR SERVICES

All the banks, especially the public sector banks have a moral obligation and social responsibility of promoting financial inclusion and social welfare. The banks run on the deposits and when a bank sinks, depositors...

Read more April 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm Shivani Dwivedi

NABARD, SIDBI & IFCI need to be given more power to revive rural credit demand: Former AIBOC secretary

In order to strengthen banking services in rural India, it is important that the government exercise more power to institutions like NABARD, SIDBI and IFCI, stated Thomas Franco, former general secretary of All India...

Read more April 14, 2020 at 9:39 pm Jescilia Karayamparambil

DEPOSITORS FACING DOUBLE WHAMMY OF KEEPING SAVINGS AND PAYING FOR BANK LOSSES

The savings of people deposited in banks form the capital of banks which banks lend to borrowers. Banks earn interest on the loans issued to borrowers. The cost of operating expenses including salaries comes from this...

Read more April 12, 2020 at 10:06 pm Shivani Dwivedi

Experts, Activists and Journalists Discussed Infrastructure Finance

Experts, Activists and Journalists Discussed Infrastructure Finance in India: A Report September 6, 2019, Nagpur: Around 60 activists, researchers, academics, journalists, trade unionists and grassroots community organisers attended recently concluded two-day conference on Infrastructure...

Read more September 6, 2019 at 5:38 pm Asmi Saxena
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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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