RBI, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and MNCs – Dangerous proposal – Must be dropped
When RBI is refusing to disclose details of borrowers whose loans are written off except in the case..
Tata gets a loan at 4.5%, but the poor pay over 26% for microfinance!
On 14th March 2022, RBI issued revised instructions for microfinance loans to the poor by Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) called Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs).
GoI selling PSUs to ‘dubious’ investors amidst rising inequality, unemployment
In its reckless privatisation drive, the Government of India (GoI) is selling the Central Electronics Limited (CEL) to Nandal Finance & Leasing Private Limited, a Non-Banking Financial Corporation (NBFC) with a dubious record, owned by a...
Govt continues its reckless selling of PSUs amidst rising inequality & unemployment
In its reckless privatisation drive, the union government is selling Central Electronics Limited (CEL) to Nandal Finance & Leasing Private Limited, an NBFC with a dubious record, owned by a furniture company, with less...
Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector
“Call the dog mad and shoot it” was the old slogan. The present slogan is, “poison the dog, make it look like mad and shoot it”. The governments have done exactly the same with...
In the shadows of a debt crisis: A closer look at how IL&FS episode unfolded and impacted the larger economy
India Inc. is now officially facing an economic slowdown. But economic slowdowns aren’t made overnight. This has been in the offing for almost a year now. On 23 June 2019, the Reserve Bank of...
The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector
The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The budget failed to address the real problems of the economy like unemployment, agrarian...
द्वितीय स्मितु कोठारी फैलोशिप हेतु आमंत्रण
फर्जी खबरों, ब्रेकिंग और एक्सक्लूसिव न्यूज, और 24/7 लाइव न्यूज अपडेट के दौर में, गहराई से, विश्लेषणात्मक और आलोचनात्मक लेखन के लिए जगह सिकुड़ गयी हैं। यह बात सभी विषयों के लिए सही है,...
Call For Smitu Kothari Fellowship For Young Writers-2019
In an age of widespread fake news, breaking and exclusive news, and 24/7 live news updates, spaces for in-depth, analytical and critical writings have shrunk. This is true for all topics, but even more...
Indian Economy In Deep Troubles: Stock-taking of the Previous Financial Year
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...