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New Report Warns AIIB to do Due Diligence before Investing in NIIF

A latest report has asked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to “tread carefully” on National Infrastructure an...

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Accountability of Corporates is as Important as That of PSBs

New Delhi: “Corruption today is not moral degeneration but is a systemic loot. It results in huge accumulation and ineq...

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Government and regulators wake up only after scam surfaces: AIBOC

All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) on yesterday accused the RBI, Finance Ministry, and Central Vigilance Comm...

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RBI is an Accomplice in bringing the FRDI Bill

An article in Hindustan Times dated February 12, 2018, titled Reserve Bank Goes Back on its Opposition to the FRDI Bill ...

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Budgeting for Losses – NPAs, Recapitalisation and Budgetary Allocations

Recapitalization or capital infusion of Public Sector Banks from budgetary allocations has been making news for the past...

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Three-day Workshop on Sustainable Energy Concluded

A three-day workshop on ‘Environment Social and Development Finance: Dimensions of Sustainable Energy’ was jointly orga...

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It Is Time to End the Business Rankings of the World Bank

OAKLAND, CA—The revelations that led to this week’s resignation of World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer point to flawed...

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Campaign to Save Public Sector Banks Reaches Hyderabad

AIBOC, NAPM, NTUI have been holding meetings in various regions as a part of the campaign to save public sector banks a...

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The Murky Business of Ease of Doing Business Ranking

In a major revelation, Paul Romer, the chief economist of World Bank apologized to Chile for changes to the Ease of Doin...

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53 development experts call bluff on IMF’s social protection

Over fifty renowned economists, academics and development experts from across the world recently wrote to the Executive ...

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May 8, 2018

CFA Admin

New Report Warns AIIB to do Due Diligence before Investing in NIIF

A latest report has asked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to “tread carefully” on National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF), a fund of fund that seeks to create long-term value for domestic and international investors seeking investment in energy, transportation, housing, water,...

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February 26, 2018

CFA Admin

Accountability of Corporates is as Important as That of PSBs

New Delhi: “Corruption today is not moral degeneration but is a systemic loot. It results in huge accumulation and inequity,” said Nilotpal Basu, CPI(M) leader, at a public meeting organized at the Press Club of India today. Basu further said that the crisis one is witnessing in the banking sector ...

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February 7, 2020

CFA Admin

Government and regulators wake up only after scam surfaces: AIBOC

All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) on yesterday accused the RBI, Finance Ministry, and Central Vigilance Commission for waking up only after a major scam surfaces. They further charged them with not analysing the failure of the system. These charges were made after the Nirav Modi Scam cam...

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February 7, 2020

Madhavi Bansal

RBI is an Accomplice in bringing the FRDI Bill

An article in Hindustan Times dated February 12, 2018, titled Reserve Bank Goes Back on its Opposition to the FRDI Bill claims that the Reserve Bank has retracted from its former position of three months back— which was the opposition to certain provisions of the Bill — and is now looking only for c...

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February 7, 2020

Nishank

Budgeting for Losses – NPAs, Recapitalisation and Budgetary Allocations

Recapitalization or capital infusion of Public Sector Banks from budgetary allocations has been making news for the past few years on a regular basis. In August 2015, the government under its Indradhanush framework announced that Public Sector Banks would be provided Rs 70,000 crores from budgetary ...

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May 8, 2018

Rajesh Kumar

Three-day Workshop on Sustainable Energy Concluded

A three-day workshop on ‘Environment Social and Development Finance: Dimensions of Sustainable Energy’ was jointly organised by National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), and PAIRVI in Hyderabad, with the activists of Andhra Pradesh and Telangan...

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February 4, 2018

Anuradha Mittal

It Is Time to End the Business Rankings of the World Bank

OAKLAND, CA—The revelations that led to this week’s resignation of World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer point to flawed methodology and political manipulation in the World Bank’s Doing Business report. Romer admitted that the Doing Business rankings may have been manipulated to make Chile’s economi...

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January 28, 2018

Priya Dharshini

Campaign to Save Public Sector Banks Reaches Hyderabad

AIBOC, NAPM, NTUI have been holding meetings in various regions as a part of the campaign to save public sector banks and to repeal FRDI Bill. As a part of this campaign, a public meeting was organised in Hyderabad by AIBOC and NAPM on the 25th of January 2018. The meeting was attended by bankers a...

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January 19, 2018

Maju Varghese

The Murky Business of Ease of Doing Business Ranking

In a major revelation, Paul Romer, the chief economist of World Bank apologized to Chile for changes to the Ease of Doing reports methodology which conveyed the wrong impression of the business environment under the socialist regime of President Michelle Bachelet. Chile’s overall ranking fluctuated ...

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January 19, 2018

Ankit Agrawal

53 development experts call bluff on IMF’s social protection

Over fifty renowned economists, academics and development experts from across the world recently wrote to the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund to express concern over the IMF “independent” evaluation of The IMF and social protection, and its recommendations approved by IMF Board in...

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New Report Warns AIIB to do Due Diligence before Investing in NIIF

Accountability of Corporates is as Important as That of PSBs

Government and regulators wake up only after scam surfaces: AIBOC

RBI is an Accomplice in bringing the FRDI Bill

Budgeting for Losses – NPAs, Recapitalisation and Budgetary Allocations

Three-day Workshop on Sustainable Energy Concluded

It Is Time to End the Business Rankings of the World Bank

Campaign to Save Public Sector Banks Reaches Hyderabad

The Murky Business of Ease of Doing Business Ranking

53 development experts call bluff on IMF’s social protection

New Report Warns AIIB to do Due Diligence before Investing in NIIF

Accountability of Corporates is as Important as That of PSBs

Government and regulators wake up only after scam surfaces: AIBOC

RBI is an Accomplice in bringing the FRDI Bill

Budgeting for Losses – NPAs, Recapitalisation and Budgetary Allocations

Three-day Workshop on Sustainable Energy Concluded

It Is Time to End the Business Rankings of the World Bank

Campaign to Save Public Sector Banks Reaches Hyderabad

The Murky Business of Ease of Doing Business Ranking

53 development experts call bluff on IMF’s social protection

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