This budget has grabbed headlines for its support to the MSME sector, particularly with the announcement of the 10,000 crore SME Growth Fund. Given the fact that MSMEs have suffered in recent times because...
As per reports in Business Standard, “Call for paring Govt stake in Public Sector Banks, diluting the Government’s stake in them and leaving their regulations to the RBI were among the key new ideas...
As the Reserve Bank of India celebrates the “resilience” of India’s financial system in its latest Financial Stability Report (June 2025), this briefing cuts through the celebratory tone to examine the deeper, often concealed,...
The Annual Report of RBI 2025 and Basic Statistical Return 1 and 2, March 2025, reveal the increasing share of number of deposit accounts, deposits, loan accounts, and loan amount shifting to private banks....
India is reportedly planning to open parts of its massive $700+ billion public procurement market to foreign companies, starting with the U.K. and the U.S. This marks a big policy shift. The government claims...
A model for the country and other states! We have seen many Union Economic Survey and Budget as well as State Budges. Kerala Budget especially by Dr. Thomas Issac used to have innovations and...
A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is taking. It gives a sense of how responsive is a government to the...
A People’s Blueprint for the 2025-26 Budget! At the threshold of the 2025 budget, the vitals of the economy are causing alarm to those who are bothered to look beyond the hyperbole and manufactured...
This budget is the last chance for course correction for the Modi regime. It is going to be a test of who the government sides with, the 90% citizens of the country or the...
Remember the Atma Nirbhar – TV Show of Mrs. Nirmala Sitaraman and Mr. Anurag Thakur? After that, both have disappeared for long. May be rehearsing for the next show. Mr. S.Gurumurthy has announced that...
State-owned banks need Rs 2 trillion in capital over next two years: Moody’s Public sector banks (PSBs), which have already had weak capital buffers, will need at least $25 billion in funding from external...
COVID-19 has affected the entire economy. Hence the revival needs government intervention. After all the taxes collected from people are to provide services to the people. Reviving the economy will bring more taxes. In...
On December 25, 2108, Minister of State for finance informed the Lok Sabha that out of total 1.31 lakh loan applications received on the newly launched 59 minutes loan, 1.12 lakh applicants received the...
