Priya Dharshini, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

Banks must adopt ESS safeguards in lending

As we observed environment day during one of the hottest Indian summers, the near absence of climate change as a c...

Turbulent Weather: Airport Authority of India Strike

Just as the bank unions have called to intensify their protest action against bank privatization, multiple unions of the...

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Is Forbearance the Original Sin?

Chapter 7 of Economic Survey dealing with the banking crisis strongly emphasizes that the continuation of the policy of ...

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Farm Acts and Misplaced Priorities of Priority Sector Lending

Prime Minister Modi continues to defend the farm Acts passed in the houses by blaming the opposition of spre...

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Distribution Of Outstanding Credit Of Scheduled Commercial Banks According To Size Of Credit Limit: 1972, 1991, 2016, 2019

Compiled by: Thomas Franco Text: Priya Dharshini Source: Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commerci...

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Of GDP and Tax Cuts…

More than Rs. one lakh crore (Rs. 1,08,785.41) revenue forgone due to exemptions availed by corporates in 2019 , informe...

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Is PMC fraud an isolated event or a Systemic Failure?

On 24th September the depositors of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, woke up to the RBI directive that...

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Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – June, 2019

RBI ‘relaxes’ norms on BSBDA accounts: There are news reports mentioning that with the new notification RBI has eased no...

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Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – May, 2019

More NPAs to haunt banks with IL&FS Exposures: The NCLT has asked the banks to consider their exposure to ILFS as NP...

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The Crisis In The Banking Sector Is A Created One: Priya Dharshini

The crisis in the banking sector is a created one, where the commercial banks have been forced to lend on a large scale ...

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June 7, 2022

Priya Dharshini

Banks must adopt ESS safeguards in lending

As we observed environment day during one of the hottest Indian summers, the near absence of climate change as a civic discourse is alarming. At a time when the world finds itself in the swirl of destructive effects of climate change there is an urgent need to act. Accountability towards the e...

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June 8, 2021

Priya Dharshini

Turbulent Weather: Airport Authority of India Strike

Just as the bank unions have called to intensify their protest action against bank privatization, multiple unions of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) had given a one-day dharna call for the 31st of March 2021. Multiple unions of AAI under the banner of Joint Forum of Unions and Associations of A...

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June 7, 2021

Priya Dharshini

Is Forbearance the Original Sin?

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 primary reason for the banking sector crisis. The survey argues “the forbearance continued...

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October 18, 2020

Priya Dharshini

Farm Acts and Misplaced Priorities of Priority Sector Lending

Prime Minister Modi continues to defend the farm Acts passed in the houses by blaming the opposition of spreading lies. He also added that the Acts will enable famers to sell their produce anywhere in the world and that this is a much needed reform. But the farmer unions and organisation...

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September 15, 2026

Thomas Franco, Priya Dharshini

Distribution Of Outstanding Credit Of Scheduled Commercial Banks According To Size Of Credit Limit: 1972, 1991, 2016, 2019

Compiled by: Thomas Franco Text: Priya Dharshini Source: Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in India, Reserve Bank of India July 19, marked the 51st anniversary of bank nationalisation. This day has been celebrated by bank unions across the country ...

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December 1, 2019

Priya Dharshini

Of GDP and Tax Cuts…

More than Rs. one lakh crore (Rs. 1,08,785.41) revenue forgone due to exemptions availed by corporates in 2019 , informed the Finance Ministry answering a question yesterday (Nov 2) in the Lok Sabha. For the last four years, the loss incurred due to corporate exemptions is over Rs. four lakh crore r...

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February 7, 2020

Priya Dharshini

Is PMC fraud an isolated event or a Systemic Failure?

On 24th September the depositors of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, woke up to the RBI directive that they are allowed to only withdraw Rs. 1000 from their accounts for the next six months. This resulted in wide spread panic and protests from the depositors who feared losing their...

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February 7, 2020

Priya Dharshini

Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – June, 2019

RBI ‘relaxes’ norms on BSBDA accounts: There are news reports mentioning that with the new notification RBI has eased norms for BSBD accounts and new facilities will be provided to Basic Saving Bank Deposit Account holders, whereas the new circular dated June 10, 2019 has mentioned similar basic ban...

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June 14, 2019

Priya Dharshini

Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – May, 2019

More NPAs to haunt banks with IL&FS Exposures: The NCLT has asked the banks to consider their exposure to ILFS as NPAs. Earlier NCLT has restricted banks from declaring their exposure to IL&FS prompting the RBI to send circular asking banks to declare them as NPA. Early this NCLT changed its...

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March 11, 2026

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The Crisis In The Banking Sector Is A Created One: Priya Dharshini

The crisis in the banking sector is a created one, where the commercial banks have been forced to lend on a large scale to the development projects and to the corporates and which has today created an NPA of approx 8 lakh crores. Since 2015, NPAs have been increasing and today they threaten the sur...

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