Should Corporates Own Banks?
“It would be difficult to undertake credit planning unless the linked control of Industry and Banks in the hands is snapped by Nationalisation of Banks,” said R K Hazari in the R K Hazari...
Why was the Nationalisation of Banks Necessary?
The Socio-political environment of the second half of 1960s reflected a sense of disenchantment in the growing inequalities spawned by the development process–a sense which was highlighted by a series of studies such as...
How was Banking in the Private Sector?
There were no public sector banks till 1955. Only on 1st July 1955 Imperial Bank of India was nationalised creating State Bank of India. It is important to know what was banking in our...
Challenges Before the Banking Sector Today
The Public Sector Banks have been facing challenges since 1991 with the so-called reform process. Starting from the Narasimhan Committee to P.J. Nayak Committee has recommended reducing Government share. They want banks to be...
Rail privatisation has been a disaster in Britain. Why is India pushing ahead with it?
As talk of privatising the Indian Railways gathers steam, the Narendra Modi government would do well to pay attention to the experience of the United Kingdom. The UK’s railway system began to develop in the...
Why Financial Sector Strike?
Banks and Insurance were in the hands of the Private Sector only till 1969. After the nationalisation of banks in 1969 and subsequently in 1980, the outreach of the banking sector changed. Banks became...
Random Reflections; Privatization of Public Sector – Withering of the State?
We just celebrated the 74th Independence day. On the Midnight of 14th August 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru while addressing the Constituent Assembly in his famous speech, “Tryst with destiny”, underlined that the service of...
Random Reflections- How & why Manmohan Singh was wrong then & wrong now?
On 24th July 1991 Dr. Manmohan Singh presented his budget to the parliament in which he stated that until November 1989 when his Congress party was in office the economy was doing well but...
A False Debate on the Frauds and Regulations in Public Sector Banks
The war of words between the Finance Minister and RBI governor has steamed up with the Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, jumping in the fray attacking the Urjit Patel, RBI Governor, who commented, among...
The Privatisation of Public Sector Banks is not a Panacea
In the aftermath of the Rs. 12,000 crore fraud perpetrated by Nirav Modi, the critics of the Indian Banking system has launched into a fresh debate on the ownership structure of India’s Public Sector...
Ravish Kumar Explains How The Banking System Functions
NDTV India’s multi-part series explained the inside of India’s banking system. This episode takes a hard look at the infrastructure, work pressure, cross-selling, and debate on the privatisation.