When India wears the G20 crown

G-20, (abbreviation for Group 20) is a fancy name. It has attracted the imagination of many around the globe and is often dubbed as the most important association of nations that matter in terms...

Read more November 24, 2022 at 11:55 am Thomas Franco

While the RBI was sleeping…

Nearly a month after Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava raised a stink by saying that people’s ability to buy small cars has eroded and would continue to decline next year and national dailies reported...

Read more November 23, 2022 at 12:39 pm Prasanna Mohanty

Why are Public Sector Banks performing better?

The quarter 2 results of the public sector banks are noteworthy compared to a few years ago. All these banks showed good profits in the financial year 2021-22. Twelve PSBs made a net profit...

Read more November 15, 2022 at 3:24 pm Thomas Franco

The biggest hurdle in facing the recession is the Govt’s lack of political will

“In my entire career as a public servant I haven't witnessed the extraction of public wealth for private profit on the scale that we see today”, said Jawhar Sircar, Rajya Sabha member, Trinamool Congress,...

Read more November 12, 2022 at 7:10 pm CFA

Government in Denial of Economic Recession; The Repercussions will be Unprecedented: Conference on Finance

“The government had borrowed money from the IMF during the pandemic and yet did not spend it in order to keep the fiscal deficit in control! This internalisation of keeping the fiscal deficit under...

Read more November 11, 2022 at 9:23 pm CFA

महंगाई का पारा कैसे चढ़ा? क्या रिज़र्व बैंक कभी बताएगा?

मुद्रास्फीति को 6% की सीमा तोड़े 9 महीने से अधिक समय गुजर चुका है। कानून के अनुसार, आरबीआई को महंगाई को नियंत्रित न कर पाने पर अपनी विफलता पर सरकार को जवाब देना चाहिए।

Read more November 10, 2022 at 5:45 pm CFA

Why inflation blew up in our face and why RBI won’t explain the reasons to the people

It has been more than 9 months since inflation broke the 6% ceiling. As per the law, RBI is going to write to the government explaining their failure to contain it, but both parties...

Read more November 9, 2022 at 9:49 am CFA

From Desperation to Destitution to Despair

The callous and unwarranted announcement of demonetisation in November 2016 was one of the cruellest blows to the majority of India’s citizens, compelling them to plunge from what was already a life of desperation...

Read more November 8, 2022 at 5:16 pm Ritu Dewan

CBDC–Is it going to be used in elections? Or leading to another demonetisation?

Shaktikanta Das, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, had so far maintained that India is not ready for a digital currency, but suddenly he has announced that from November 1, Central Bank...

Read more November 7, 2022 at 12:42 pm Thomas Franco

IDBI Privatisation: Betrayal with Parliamentary Mandate & Mandate of the Constitution

After getting independence in the year 1947, India adopted the process of planning for the economic development of the country. As soon as it became a republic, in 1950, the first five-year plan was...

Read more November 7, 2022 at 10:59 am Devidas Tuljapurkar

विश्व भूखमरी सूचकांक | क्या सरकार के पास अपना कोई डाटा नहीं?

दुनिया भर के लोगों की खुशहाली बयां करने वाली विश्व भुखमरी सूचकाँक रिपोर्ट ने भारत को 121 देशों में से 107वां स्थान दिया। सरकार ने एक बयान जारी कर इस रिपोर्ट को गलत बताया...

Read more October 28, 2022 at 12:26 pm CFA

Loan Mela to Rozgar Mela -Hoodwinking People, the BJP Style

Registration for the Rozgar Mela 2022 is going to start online for 9,74,327 vacancies. Let us look at the details first.

Read more October 27, 2022 at 4:46 pm Thomas Franco

The Global hunger Index – India denying its own data!

The Global Hunger Index has placed India at 107th position below Pakistan, Nepal and even Sri Lanka. The Indian government reacted with a strong rebuttal, alleging flawed data collection, poor methodology and conspiracy to...

Read more October 26, 2022 at 10:43 am CFA

A New Frontier in Infrastructure Financing: Analysis of Infrastructure Investment Trusts

A Case Study of Oriental InfraTrust Research raises red flag over international financial support for risky new infrastructure finance model 20 October 2022: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and Recourse today release a new report,...

Read more October 20, 2022 at 4:00 pm Anuradha Munshi

Should SBI become the voice of the Government?

State Bank of India is a Public Sector Bank in which the Union Government holds a 54% share. It has to be independent, and it has acted independently in the past. For example, Mr...

Read more October 18, 2022 at 4:46 pm Thomas Franco

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