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....
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...
Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin
Almost all financial newspapers have informed that 3-5 banks and 3 general insurance companies are going to be privatized. They have indicated that Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Punjab and Sind...
Random Reflections- Are the Public Banks Already Private?
Institutions do not become public only because of ownership by the state. They should serve the people at large who are the real owners. While nationalising banks, the purpose was not to earn profit...
Random Reflections- Altering the Course of Banking
The Banking Sector was already in crisis. Crisis was created through the policies. Large credit was encouraged leading to the NPA Crisis. Development institutions like IDBI, ICICI and even UTI were converted into banks....
Banking in Disarray! How to bring it back on tracks?
RBI in its first announcement dated 27th March 2020, consequent upon corona pandemic 2019 had come out with various initiatives such as reduction in CRR, Repo Rate etc. thus to improve upon liquidity position...
Random Reflections- Will the FM yield to the demands of the people & apologise?
The Finance Minister has reprimanded the Chairman of State Bank of India in an outreach meeting at Guwahati in which the Finance Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma, officials from banks and state government...
The Arbitrary Bank Charges must be Removed
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 & current accounts) which banks use for...
सरकारी बैंकों द्वारा बैंक खातों में न्यूनतम राशि पर रोक लगायी जाये
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति गरीबी पर जुर्माना – सरकारी बैंकों द्वारा बैंक खातों में न्यूनतम राशि के अधिनियम पर रोक लगायी जाये इस हफ्ते बहुत ही चौकाने वाली बात सामने आयी है कि भारतीय स्टेट बैंक...
Booklet: Big Pie – Analysis of Major Sectors’ Share in NPAs
New Report, looking into the share of particular sectors -in particular, power, steel infrastructure
What is Threatening Public Sector Banks in India?
It is an acknowledged fact that the Indian banking system is facing an unprecedented crisis. The problem of bad loans and the need for a capital infusion, drastic changes in financial policies, new legislation...
Bank mergers in the time of NPAs
Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), a euphemism for toxic or bad loans, has been looming over Public Sector Banks (PSBs) for over a year. C. P. Krishnan, the General Secretary of Bank Employees Federation of India...
SBI has Invested my Money in a Firm that Makes Cluster Bombs
Don’t account holders have the right to know where their money is being invested? I was disturbed by news that my bank, the State Bank of India, has invested in a company that makes...
Are We Funding Cluster Bombs?
Priya Dharshini State Bank of India, the largest state owned bank in the country received a special honour of being the only Indian financial institution to sponsor cluster munitions. In June 2016, PAX a...