This impact is not only circumscribed to NPA. Overall, Indian banking is passing through one of the worst crisis in history. Since the last three years, banking in the public sector is almost stagnant....
This speech, transmitted to the conference on “Global Financial Crisis: A Decade after Lehman,” held in New Delhi, Dec 3 to 4, 2018, identifies the trouble spots in the global financial system, raises the...
India’s vulnerability stems from two sources: rapid debt expansion that has increased the volume of doubtful debt and encouraged excess debt exposure in a set of corporates. And increased exposure to dollar debt, partly...
Basanta Vasunya a 35-year-old farmer from Bheel tribe of Dudhikheda village points towards a flourishing pond on which three villages rely. A recently established fish hatchery that nourishes, employs and empowers about 250 households...
India is leading the race in renewable energy but is still expected to become the largest coking coal importer by 2022. Will the country be able to meet its ambitious targets in clean energy...
In a state where about 70% of the agriculture is based on tube wells (groundwater), a 24-hour power supply may not be the best policy. It was in November 2017 that Telangana Chief Minister...
My intent in this article is to flag off a set of relevant issues one will have to deal with while mainstreaming India’s poor in Banking. The article has five sections: (a) Providing a...
The NDA government’s Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (The Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme) is a bigger scam than even the Rafale scam, claimed renowned journalist and farmers issue activist P. Sainath earlier this...
The jury for the inaugural Smitu Kothari Fellowship is pleased to announce the following individuals as the Smitu Kothari Fellows for the year 2018. Aravind Unni has completed his B.Arch from Jamia Millia Islamia,...
The Mundra residents hope the US top court will allow them to sue the World Bank’s IFC, which partly funded Tata Group’s thermal power project. NEW DELHI–Villagers fighting against a controversial Tata Group thermal...
Meera Sanghamira of the NAPM speaks on the various violations being done to implement the Amaravati Capital City Project. People’s response to it including approaching the World Bank’s Inspection Panel, which visited and submitted...
Amulya Kumar Nayak of the Odisha Chas Parivesh Surakhsa Parishad, sharing their experiences with the IAM and the Management’s Response in the GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited, a 1050 MW (with an additional 350 MW)...
Conference on Global Financial Crisis: A Decade after Lehman December 3-4, 2018 Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi This September marked the 10th year of the global financial crisis. A decade later, the world economy still...
Changing goal posts has been a hallmark of the precariously conceived and insensitively implemented demonetisation, second anniversary of which was yesterday (Nov 8). Finance Minister who declared Nov 8 as Anti Black Money Day...