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...
“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...
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...
When the economy slows down, the norms and policies of the government and the central bank must be more flexible in order to facilitate easy recovery. Due to RBI's stringent policies on the Investment...
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...
Today Google Pay (G-Pay) owned by Google, PhonePe owned by Walmart, PayTm owned by Soft Bank and other payment apps have taken over money transfers. As per the report of the National Payment Corporation...
The infrastructure sector is one of the key sectors for India to achieve higher economic growth rates and requires major investments into projects to push the growth rates higher. The infrastructure sector requires long-term...
RBI vide its June 14, 2021 press release has issued a 30 page “Consultative Document on Regulation of Microfinance” (henceforth “Document”) seeking comments from public at large.Â
In the aftermath of Andhra Pradesh microfinance crisis, erupted in 2010, RBI appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Shri Y H Malegam to study issues and concerns of the Microfinance Sector. Non Banking...
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 &...
RBI has been losing credibility since demonetisation. Its subsequent efforts like not intervening when Bank charges were increased, proposing banking licences to corporates which RBI all along opposed on well found principles, allowing more...
RBI has downgraded India’s growth projection to 9.5% from 10.5%. World Bank projects it at 8.3%. Actually, it may be worse. This is at the backdrop of GDP growth of a negative 7.3%. Last year,...
Most of us plan our expenses in a way that we not only have enough saved for our needs but also leave behind a little something for our children. In contrast, our government is...
RBI announced in August 2016, that it will move to cap exposure of banks to large borrowers while also taking steps to deepen the Corporate Bond Market. RBI stated that starting from next fiscal year...
Chapter 7 of Economic Survey dealing with the banking crisis strongly emphasizes that the continuation of the policy of forbearance followed in the wake of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) even after 2011 was the...
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....