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Random Reflections- Act of God and Banking

Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that Covid-19 is an act of God to deprive states and union territories of their lega...

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Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

Remember the Atma Nirbhar – TV Show of Mrs. Nirmala Sitaraman and Mr. Anurag Thakur? After that, both have disappeared ...

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SOLIDARITY SERIES; Conversations during Lockdown & Beyond

Covid-19 brought a 21 day country wide lockdown from the midnight of March 24th 2020 and this caught the entire country...

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State-owned banks need Rs 2 trillion in capital over next two years: Moody’s Public sector banks (PSBs), which...

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Random Reflections; Privatization of Public Sector – Withering of the State?

We just celebrated the 74th Independence day. On the Midnight of 14th August 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru while addres...

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Random Reflections- How & why Manmohan Singh was wrong then & wrong now?

On 24th July 1991 Dr. Manmohan Singh presented his budget to the parliament in which he stated that until November 1989...

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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 s...

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Banks Paying Heavily for Corporate Loan Waivers: RTI

Not Write offs, Corporate Loan Waivers Banks Recovered Only 10% Bad Loans After Writing Them Off !! According to...

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Farmers covered under PMFBY in Gujarat decreasing since 2016

There has been a steady decrease in the number of farmers in the state who are covered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal B...

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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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September 8, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Act of God and Banking

Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that Covid-19 is an act of God to deprive states and union territories of their legally due GST has led to lot of discussions. While the central government in a federal system cannot deprive the states and UTs of the tax revenue collected from the people, which...

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August 25, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

Remember the Atma Nirbhar – TV Show of Mrs. Nirmala Sitaraman and Mr. Anurag Thakur? After that, both have disappeared for long. May be rehearsing for the next show. Mr. S.Gurumurthy has announced that more will come in September. Let’s wait and see. Suddenly there was speculation that Mr. K.V.Kama...

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September 10, 2021

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SOLIDARITY SERIES; Conversations during Lockdown & Beyond

Covid-19 brought a 21 day country wide lockdown from the midnight of March 24th 2020 and this caught the entire country completely unaware and unprepared. Chaos and panic buying kept a few occupied while most others without money were on the street without a shelter and a meal. A climate of fear en...

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August 22, 2020

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State-owned banks need Rs 2 trillion in capital over next two years: Moody’s Public sector banks (PSBs), which have already had weak capital buffers, will need at least $25 billion in funding from external sources as the economic slowdown will hurt asset quality and drive up credit costs, ...

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August 22, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections; Privatization of Public Sector – Withering of the State?

We just celebrated the 74th Independence day. On the Midnight of 14th August 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru while addressing the Constituent Assembly in his famous speech, “Tryst with destiny”, underlined that the service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of ...

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August 17, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- How & why Manmohan Singh was wrong then & wrong now?

On 24th July 1991 Dr. Manmohan Singh presented his budget to the parliament in which he stated that until November 1989 when his Congress party was in office the economy was doing well but things changed after that. He informed, “in sum the crisis of the economy is both acute and deep. We have not ...

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July 30, 2020

Thomas Franco

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 public sector banks and they want them to be handed over to corporates – local and international. Arguments made are...

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August 12, 2020

Ashish Kajla

Banks Paying Heavily for Corporate Loan Waivers: RTI

Not Write offs, Corporate Loan Waivers Banks Recovered Only 10% Bad Loans After Writing Them Off !! According to an RTI response received from Reserve Bank of India, between 2014 and 2019 scheduled commercial banks in India have written off bad loans worth Rs 6.35 lakh crore and have recover...

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July 25, 2020

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Farmers covered under PMFBY in Gujarat decreasing since 2016

There has been a steady decrease in the number of farmers in the state who are covered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoja or the crop insurance scheme. According to the agri census held in 2015-16, the number of farmers in Gujarat was 53 lakh. The number of farmers who have been covered un...

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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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Random Reflections- Act of God and Banking

Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

SOLIDARITY SERIES; Conversations during Lockdown & Beyond

Snippets from the world of Indian economy and banking

Random Reflections; Privatization of Public Sector – Withering of the State?

Random Reflections- How & why Manmohan Singh was wrong then & wrong now?

Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector

Banks Paying Heavily for Corporate Loan Waivers: RTI

Farmers covered under PMFBY in Gujarat decreasing since 2016

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

Random Reflections- Act of God and Banking

Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

SOLIDARITY SERIES; Conversations during Lockdown & Beyond

Snippets from the world of Indian economy and banking

Random Reflections; Privatization of Public Sector – Withering of the State?

Random Reflections- How & why Manmohan Singh was wrong then & wrong now?

Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector

Banks Paying Heavily for Corporate Loan Waivers: RTI

Farmers covered under PMFBY in Gujarat decreasing since 2016

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

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