Criticising the latest Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) annual Banking Ombudsman Report, which revealed dissatisfaction among 25 per cent customers, Financial Accountability Network (FAN India), has issued a public statement chiding RBI for being...
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 and current accounts) which banks use for...
“Modi government has granted licenses to 20 small finance banks. The successive central governments have undermined the significance of the public sector banks. Granting license to small finance banks is to...
The crisis in the banking sector is a created one, where the commercial banks have been forced to lend on a large scale to the development projects and to the corporates and which has...
पिछले साढ़े चार वर्षों में, देश एक बड़ी सामाजिक-राजनीतिक और आर्थिक उथल-पुथल से गुजरा है जैसा पहले कभी नहीं था। हाल के इतिहास में कभी भी एक साथ देश के इतने बड़े समूह को...
India’s ballooning NPA and banking crisis is a testimony to the reality whereby infrastructure projects have not only failed to bring in private capital, but have instead managed to siphon off small savers’ money...
The generation of solar energy also forms part of the BJP’s plans to ‘double farmers’ income by 2022’ in view of enabling food providers to also take on the role of becoming energy providers....
The Financial Year 2018-19, which recently ended, proved to be the most challenging year for the financial world. The first and foremost challenge was the introduction of the Financial Regulatory and Deposit Insurance Bill...
The Congress manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls recognises air pollution as public health emergency, but whether other political parties, like the BJP or the AAP, will take note of this is yet to...
Given that India is building many of the world’s biggest solar parks and also harbours high wind power ambitions, there is no reason to waste precious foreign currency on imported gas or thermal coal...
It is being emphasised quite often that the infrastructure sector is a crucial driver for the Indian economy. The sector would be responsible for propelling India’s overall development and enjoys intense focus from the...
It is being emphasised quite often that the infrastructure sector is a crucial driver for the Indian economy. The sector would be responsible for propelling India’s overall development and enjoys intense focus from the...
Bad loans have worsened the banks’ balance sheet. Because of this, the money which banks need to put aside (called provisions) for bad loans has increased manifold, resulting in a decrease of money available...
To access the banking system through various platforms/processes, banks provide different kind of services to depositors. Bank charge is a fee that banks charge depositors to access these banking services. Recently, banks have started...