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खामियां जो बैंकों और आमजन की बीच बढ़ा रही दूरियां

मेवात (Mewat Banking Problems) राजधानी दिल्ली की तेज रफ्तार जिंदगी से करीब 90 किलोमीटर दूर है, अरावली की पहाड़ियो से घिर...

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Pre Budget Musings

Starting with GDP, in the 2nd quarter of 2019-20 the real Gross Domestic Product (adjusted on base year price) of the co...

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Time to End Inequality; Citizens want Governments to listen

The top 1% holds over four times the wealth held by 953 million people (or the bottom 70% of the population). Despite th...

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Random Reflections: Why Government will save Yes Bank but not PMC Bank?

The SBI chairman has made a statement in Davos, Switzerland on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum that Yes Bank w...

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It’s not just an energy issue; it’s also a justice issue

15 years back power sector witnessed a huge expansion. Between 2005 and 2011, thermal projects with 700 GW were given ei...

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Random Reflections: Budget 2020 and the Banking Sector

Union Budget is no more an anxiety as many decisions like petroleum product prices, railway fare, tax waiver to corporat...

Blog Indian Economy Random Reflections

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Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of TATA Mundra

Mundra, Gujarat January 13, 2020: TATA power has announced to the Union Ministry of Power that it may be forced to stop ...

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CSOs Slam Government’s Repeated Seeking of Funds from RBI

New Delhi, 13 January 2020: FAN India (Financial Accountability Network India), Indigenous Perspectives Environment Supp...

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Random Reflections: Are Banks Becoming Arms of the Ruling Party?

The Reserve Bank of India introduced “Know Your Customer” [KYC] norms under the provisions of “Prevention of Money Laund...

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Random Reflections: One more attack on the Farmers by the Govt! No more Agriculture Gold Loans

The Finance Department has informed the Banks that there will not be any interest subsidy for Gold Loans given to Farmer...

Blog National Financial Institutions NFIs Random Reflections

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March 5, 2020

खामियां जो बैंकों और आमजन की बीच बढ़ा रही दूरियां

मेवात (Mewat Banking Problems) राजधानी दिल्ली की तेज रफ्तार जिंदगी से करीब 90 किलोमीटर दूर है, अरावली की पहाड़ियो से घिरा मेवात जिला। मेवात (Mewat Banking Problems) राजधानी दिल्ली की तेज रफ्तार जिंदगी से करीब 90 किलोमीटर दूर है, अरावली की पहाड़ियो से घिरा मेवात जिला। इस अल्पसंख्यक मुस्लिम बहुल आबाद...

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February 7, 2020

Pre Budget Musings

Starting with GDP, in the 2nd quarter of 2019-20 the real Gross Domestic Product (adjusted on base year price) of the country has been recorded at 4.5%, which is the lowest in last 6 years. The Retail inflation (CPI – consumer price index, with much higher weightage for food) has been the high...

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January 29, 2020

Time to End Inequality; Citizens want Governments to listen

The top 1% holds over four times the wealth held by 953 million people (or the bottom 70% of the population). Despite the global market downturn, the rank of India’s super-rich continues to swell. While India’s economy is in a growth recession and the government is anticipated to cut its social spen...

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February 7, 2020

Random Reflections: Why Government will save Yes Bank but not PMC Bank?

The SBI chairman has made a statement in Davos, Switzerland on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum that Yes Bank will not be allowed to go down. The same chairman sometimes back stated that SBI will not take over any bank. So the sudden change of mind of the chairman is only because the Prime ...

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January 24, 2020

It’s not just an energy issue; it’s also a justice issue

15 years back power sector witnessed a huge expansion. Between 2005 and 2011, thermal projects with 700 GW were given either TOR or EC by the government in around 570 projects, with estimated investments of Rs. 35 trillion. 15 years later, the realisation of those projects are less than 50%, leaving...

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February 7, 2020

Random Reflections: Budget 2020 and the Banking Sector

Union Budget is no more an anxiety as many decisions like petroleum product prices, railway fare, tax waiver to corporation, GST are now out of the budget. However some sectors require attention. Most important is the banking sector which is in shambles as there is no real effort to strengthen the b...

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January 17, 2020

Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of TATA Mundra

Mundra, Gujarat January 13, 2020: TATA power has announced to the Union Ministry of Power that it may be forced to stop operating its imported coal-based Mundra ultra-mega power project after February, 2020. Experts have contended that irreversible damage has been caused to the ecosystem of Mundra c...

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May 29, 2024

CSOs Slam Government’s Repeated Seeking of Funds from RBI

New Delhi, 13 January 2020: FAN India (Financial Accountability Network India), Indigenous Perspectives Environment Support Group, INSAF, Devidas Tuljapurkar, Joint Secretary, All India Bank Emplyees Association (AIBEA), All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP), MAUSAM, Thomas Franco, All I...

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February 7, 2020

Random Reflections: Are Banks Becoming Arms of the Ruling Party?

The Reserve Bank of India introduced “Know Your Customer” [KYC] norms under the provisions of “Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 and Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules 2005. As per these Acts Regulated Entities (REs) like banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs...

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February 7, 2020

Random Reflections: One more attack on the Farmers by the Govt! No more Agriculture Gold Loans

The Finance Department has informed the Banks that there will not be any interest subsidy for Gold Loans given to Farmers (Refer Circular of SBI No.1370 / 2019-20 dated 24.12.2019). In 2006-07 Budget speech, the Finance Minister announced an interest subsidy of 2% for farmers who avail credit upto R...

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