RBI Bulletin- What did the media miss out?
It is surprising that none of these national newspapers noticed the footnote in the publication which said that this was not the opinion of the RBI.
How to destroy the Indian Economy? Poonam Gupta and Arvind Panagaraiya prescribe
A report presented by Poonam Gupta and Arvind Panagaraiya at the India Policy Forum 2022 on 12th July, is clearly a prescription for destroying the Indian Economy which is already on the verge of...
Privatization of Public Sector Banks: A Lethal blow to Social Banking
A Critical Report on Indian Overseas Bank Today our country is in an economic crisis, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is massive unemployment. Rural infrastructure is not improving, and the Central Government...
The Fate of Rural and Farm Credit with Privatisation of Banks
Rural and farm credit were totally neglected before the nationalisation of banks on 19th July 1969. The historic All India Rural Credit Survey carried out in 1954 showed that formal credit institutions provided less...
Privatisation of Banks – A Comedy of Errors or Sale to Corporates?
Amendment of the banking law has been enlisted in this session of parliament. This is a reversal of the nationalization affected in 1969 and 1980, taking over private banks from business houses that were...
SBI- A Guinea Pig for Neo-liberal Policies
The union government is bent upon privatising the Life Insurance Corporation of India. They stealthily announced an amendment to the LIC Act by making a statement in the Union Budget 2021 and made it...
Shame on you, Finance Minister!
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently tweeted- “The Primary reason for PSBs to post such as Rs.57832 Crore turn around – from a loss of Rs.26016 Crore in 2019-2020 to a combined profit of Rs....
Bank Nationalization Day: In Defense of Public Sector Banks
19th of July is marked as the bank nationalisation day, recognising the historical decision of the Indira Gandhi government to take control of private banks. It is not an exaggeration to say that the...
History of Nationalisation of Banks and Task ahead
While celebrating 52 years of Nationalisation, we have a government led by those people who along with their party opposed Nationalisation and now want to privatise everything. It is important to look at History...
How ‘The insolvency and bankruptcy code’ helps to loot public money ‘legally’
A law called “The insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) 2016” was enacted in the parliament in May 2016 apparently to recover the mounting Non-Performing Asset (NPA) from the corporate sector. This law enables the...
IBC: Escape Route for Big Corporate ?
The then Finance Minister late Mr. Arun Jaitley & the present Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman used to say that IBC will prove to be a game changer. Indians are scared of stigma &...
History Shows that Public Sector Banks are Needed
When India attained Independence in 1947 it inherited a weak, desperate and unwieldy banking structure. Other than the Imperial Bank of India, there were many Indian joint stock banks, but they did not have...
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...
State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?
As an essential part of the financial system, banks’ role in India’s ambitious goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy has become a topic of intense debate. Significant reforms in scheduled commercial banks, mainly...
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...
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