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Public Sector Banks

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IBC’s stressed asset resolution is under severe stress, needs overhauling

Everything that can go wrong is going wrong with the big-ticket “reform” Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) of 2016, which was sold as the panacea for stressed asset resolutions (NPAs).

Read more May 10, 2022 at 1:00 pm Prasanna Mohanty

It’s Not Freebies, it’s Our Right!

On 3rd April, the Prime Minister held a meeting with the Secretaries of various departments.  As per reports, several top bureaucrats flagged their concerns over populist schemes and freebies announced by political parties during...

Read more April 25, 2022 at 12:48 pm Thomas Franco

Pension and other Social Security – India lags far behind

Our country’s constitution talks of equality, equal opportunity and social justice.  But unfortunately, even after 74 years, we lag behind in social security.

Read more April 16, 2022 at 1:16 pm Thomas Franco

How did the banks help BJP to win UP?

BJP has secured a landslide win in Uttar Pradesh and there are many reasons stated in the press and on the TV discussions, but one which has not come to focus is how the...

Read more March 11, 2022 at 2:32 pm Thomas Franco

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...

Read more March 4, 2022 at 1:13 pm Thomas Franco

Dubious ways of Privatising Banks without calling it Privatisation

From 1991 with the debut of neoliberal policies we have followed the dictates of IMF, the World Bank, the Financial Stability Board (of G-20) and now even the World Economic Forum.

Read more January 25, 2022 at 5:06 pm Thomas Franco

The merger of PSBs- A Failed Experiment!

On 1st October 2017, five associate banks of SBI were merged in the State Bank of India. Dena Bank and Vijay Bank were merged in Bank of Baroda on 1st April 2019, while in...

Read more January 24, 2022 at 8:14 pm Devidas Tuljapurakar

A Dint on the PSB’s NPA Management

The global economy is in a downward trend, fueled by the 3rd wave of the pandemic. In India, the role of Public Sector Banks (PSB) who constitutes more than 65% of the banking system,...

Read more January 17, 2022 at 1:49 pm Kannan Neelamegan

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...

Read more December 24, 2021 at 4:53 pm Thomas Franco

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...

Read more November 29, 2021 at 3:22 pm Thomas Franco

Demonetisation left RBI’s reputation in tatters. What could future policy makers learn from this?

While the entire Indian economy was disrupted by the demonetisation exercise announced on November 8, 2016, removing high-value currency notes overnight, it simultaneously stirred a serious controversy on the role of Reserve Bank of...

Read more November 12, 2021 at 6:03 pm T R Bhat

Mr Rajnish Kumar’s Book Raises More Questions Than Answers- Part 1

The book is worth reading to know how the public sector banks, the RBI and the Ministry of Finance deal with banking. How they create a crisis and try to manage it. I am...

Read more November 2, 2021 at 12:38 pm Thomas Franco

Cost of Bank Mergers: The Need for a CAG Audit

Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant part in the country’s economic growth. The principles of nationalization also contributed to the social banking character of the PSBs. This scenario has been changing since...

Read more October 19, 2021 at 11:24 am Kannan Neelamegan

Are Bad Banks here to Save the Corporates?

The Union Government has announced setting up of a Bad Bank (the name itself is bad), called the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL).  It will buy loans above Rs.500 crores from the banks....

Read more September 29, 2021 at 1:07 pm Thomas Franco

Enhanced Access and Service Excellence – Easy way of Cheating People

In January 2018, the Government of India launched EASE 1.0.  It was developed by Boston Consultancy Group (BCG),  a multinational consultant with no experience in banking at all, and it is still run by...

Read more September 6, 2021 at 3:35 pm Thomas Franco
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