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The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

There is a euphoria around the “tax bonanza” offered to the middle classes in this year’s Budget. The proposal of no tax...

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Indian Banks and Environmental Accountability: A New Year of Complicity and Deception?

Indian banks walked nonchalantly into the new year, their indifference as thick as the smoke from industrial projects t...

General Indian Economy National Financial Institutions

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The Dangers of Neo-Banking, Fintechs, and the Inactiveness of the RBI

I remitted some money using GPay recently. There were many people with the same name, and erroneously the money went to ...

Fintech General Indian Economy Random Reflections

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EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

The Mepadi landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, July 30, 2024, is one of the largest in the country, in terms of debris flow of...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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Note the hypocrisy

The Hindenburg report had accused the Adani Group of using shell companies in Mauritius for laundering money. But the In...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

Teesta Stage III dam — one of the biggest hydropower dams in India — was entirely wiped out by last year’s devastatin...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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Wrong Diagnosis & Misplaced Priorities

A Critique of the Boston Consulting Group’s Report on Banking in India The Boston Consulting Group, an internation...

General Indian Economy Publications

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To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

A new ecosystem based on loan apps has mushroomed across India’s financial landscape over a decade, preying on those aba...

Coverage Debt Crisis & NBFCs General Indian Economy

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Where is My Interest Rate? | Unlocking banking for the people (Volume 1)

“What really was new was the trick of claiming Neo liberalism stripped away rules when much of what it was doing w...

General Indian Economy Publications

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छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था के जानकार मानते हैं कि खेती को बरकरार रखने,विकसित करने और सबका पेट भरने की अधिकांश जिम्मेदारी छोटे और ...

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February 18, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya & Pranay Raj

The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

There is a euphoria around the “tax bonanza” offered to the middle classes in this year’s Budget. The proposal of no tax for those with annual income up to Rs 12 lakh has been hailed by the media, with many even calling this a “middle-class budget”. Of course, there are serious concerns as to whethe...

General Indian Economy National Finance Union Budget

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January 15, 2025

Amitanshu Verma

Indian Banks and Environmental Accountability: A New Year of Complicity and Deception?

Indian banks walked nonchalantly into the new year, their indifference as thick as the smoke from industrial projects they finance. Pollution levels soared, environmental concerns, and sometimes protests, were witnessed over big infra projects from Ladakh to Nicobar. Meanwhile, disasters like the T...

General Indian Economy National Financial Institutions

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January 2, 2025

Thomas Franco

The Dangers of Neo-Banking, Fintechs, and the Inactiveness of the RBI

I remitted some money using GPay recently. There were many people with the same name, and erroneously the money went to the wrong account of one Arjunan. When the actual Arjunan to whom the money was sent called me and said that the money had not been received, I checked up and found the mistake. Fo...

Fintech General Indian Economy Random Reflections

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December 16, 2024

Maju Varghese

EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

The Mepadi landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, July 30, 2024, is one of the largest in the country, in terms of debris flow of nearly six million cubic meters—enough to fill 2,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The Landslide is considered the largest in terms of the debris volume. This is five times larger...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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December 5, 2024

Joe Athialy

Note the hypocrisy

The Hindenburg report had accused the Adani Group of using shell companies in Mauritius for laundering money. But the Indian government staunchly defended the corporate giant. The Financial Action Task Force, a Paris-based global watchdog that sets standards for combating money laundering and terror...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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December 5, 2024

Amitanshu Verma

Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

Teesta Stage III dam — one of the biggest hydropower dams in India — was entirely wiped out by last year’s devastating glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). Hydropower projects, often despite their documented environmental and social costs, are labeled as “renewable” and “green” energy investments....

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November 5, 2024

CFA & AIBOC

Wrong Diagnosis & Misplaced Priorities

A Critique of the Boston Consulting Group’s Report on Banking in India The Boston Consulting Group, an international consulting firm, in its report titled ‘Banking for a Viksit Bharat’, released together with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Indian Banks&#...

General Indian Economy Publications

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September 11, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

A new ecosystem based on loan apps has mushroomed across India’s financial landscape over a decade, preying on those abandoned by the formal banking sector. A survey conducted by LocalCircle from July 2020 to June 2022 showed that 14 per cent of those surveyed utilised instant loan applications. Wh...

Coverage Debt Crisis & NBFCs General Indian Economy

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September 10, 2024

CFA & AIBOC

Where is My Interest Rate? | Unlocking banking for the people (Volume 1)

“What really was new was the trick of claiming Neo liberalism stripped away rules when much of what it was doing was imposing new rules that favoured banks and the wealthy. For instance, the so called deregulation of the banks got government temporarily out of the way which allowed bankers to ...

General Indian Economy Publications

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September 9, 2024

Raj Kumar Sinha

छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था के जानकार मानते हैं कि खेती को बरकरार रखने,विकसित करने और सबका पेट भरने की अधिकांश जिम्मेदारी छोटे और सीमांत किसान ही निभाते हैं। जहां 70% ग्रामीण परिवार अभी भी अपनी आय के प्राथमिक स्रोत के रूप में कृषि पर निर्भर हों तथा 82 % किसान छोटे एवं सीमांत हों, वहां यह बात वाजिब भी है, लेकि...

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The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

Indian Banks and Environmental Accountability: A New Year of Complicity and Deception?

The Dangers of Neo-Banking, Fintechs, and the Inactiveness of the RBI

EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

Note the hypocrisy

Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

Wrong Diagnosis & Misplaced Priorities

To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

Where is My Interest Rate? | Unlocking banking for the people (Volume 1)

छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट

The Banking Sector Reveals the Middle Classes Aren’t Really Getting a ‘Bonanza’

Indian Banks and Environmental Accountability: A New Year of Complicity and Deception?

The Dangers of Neo-Banking, Fintechs, and the Inactiveness of the RBI

EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

Note the hypocrisy

Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

Wrong Diagnosis & Misplaced Priorities

To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

Where is My Interest Rate? | Unlocking banking for the people (Volume 1)

छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट