
Importance of Public Banking System and How the Social Responsibility of Banks is being Diluted
A farmer came to a bank and asked for a loan for cultivation. The branch manager asked for security. The farmer said that he doesn’t have any security.
A farmer came to a bank and asked for a loan for cultivation. The branch manager asked for security. The farmer said that he doesn’t have any security.
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.