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Random Reflections- Demonetisation – The cruel joke on the People

After demonetisation on November 8, 2016, seeing the anger of the people, on Nov 13 PM Modi in an emotionally choked speech in Goa said “I have asked the country for just 50 days....

Read more November 10, 2020 at 1:22 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections— Narasimham Committee to Kamath Committee- Restructuring Loans or Restructuring of Banks?

From the day banking started, bankers always had a plan for handing loans going bad. Banking says giving loans has a credit risk due to various reasons. Banks become a partner to the borrower...

Read more September 26, 2020 at 12:08 pm Thomas Franco

New Priority Sector norms – Favouring Rich and fleecing the poor

The Reserve Bank of India has released revised priority sector norms. A closer look shows how the government and RBI are tweaking the norms to favour the rich and fleece the poor. Already the...

Read more September 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

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...

Read more August 25, 2020 at 6:19 pm Thomas Franco

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...

Read more August 22, 2020 at 12:02 pm Thomas Franco

Investments Beyond Borders- A Preliminary Report on Indian EXIM bank

For thirty seven years, the Indian Exim Bank has been providing financial assistance to Indian exporters and importers of goods and services. One of Exim Bank’s major functions is to support and protect exports....

Read more August 15, 2020 at 3:04 pm Madhavi Bansal

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...

Read more July 30, 2020 at 9:18 pm Thomas Franco

Banks Paying Heavily for Corporate Loan Waivers: RTI

Not Write offs, Corporate Loan Waivers Banks Recovered Only 10% Bad Loans After Writing Them Off !! According to an RTI response received from Reserve Bank of India, between 2014 and 2019 scheduled commercial...

Read more July 30, 2020 at 2:45 pm Ashish Kajla

Updates from IMF: Forecast for Post-COVID Economy and Debt Levels

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released two updates in the month of June – first was the World Economic Outlook, titled A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery and another was the Financial...

Read more July 15, 2020 at 9:07 am Maju Varghese

THE BREACH OF TRUST BETWEEN BANKS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS

There are several factors which play an important role in determining the relationship between banks and their customers. One of the most important amongst them is what services banks provide and how they deliver...

Read more June 23, 2020 at 12:23 am Shivani Dwivedi

Titanic Moment?; Analysis of NPAs & Loans by the PSBs in the Pre-COVID Era

An Analysis of Non-Performing Assets & Loans by the Public Sector Banks in the Pre-COVID Era For the Indian banks, reeling under the weight of mounting Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), COVID came as a blessing...

Read more June 19, 2020 at 5:14 pm CFA

Concept Note titled Public Money: Resistance Against Arbitrary Bank Charges

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 accounts) which banks use for lending to...

Read more June 10, 2020 at 12:55 am CFA

SBI WAIVER ON MINIMUM BALANCE PENALTY IS WELCOME: ALL BANK CHARGES

Financial Accountability Network India (FAN India) welcomes the announcement of State Bank of India (SBI) to waive the penalty for not maintaining Average Minimum Balance and for SMS service.In 2017, SBI imposed penalty on...

Read more June 10, 2020 at 12:07 am Shivani Dwivedi

THE WORST AFFECT OF BANK CHARGES ON WORKING CLASS

The massive bank charges introduced in past few years have greatly affected the financial state of marginalised working class. This was better understood when the team of FanIndia has talked to some people of...

Read more June 8, 2020 at 11:54 pm Shivani Dwivedi

How Banks Are Stealing Our Money

The Indian banking sector is under a prolonged and severe crisis. Bad loans continue to grow and banks remain under-capitalized with profits in the red. As a result, credit growth remains muted, reinforcing the...

Read more June 5, 2020 at 12:44 am CFA
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