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Is Forbearance the Original Sin?

Chapter 7 of Economic Survey dealing with the banking crisis strongly emphasizes that the continuation of the policy of ...

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Random Reflections- Is India’s Banking Sector Moving Towards a Melt Down and Financial Collapse?

Bank’s performance is always the reflection of the country’s economy. Though results are not out for the financial year...

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The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam...

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Q&As on Finance in the 2019 Budget Session of the Parliament

The budget session of the parliament witnessed the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these...

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Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

The second half of the winter session of the parliament continued to witness the members asking government questions rel...

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Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

The first ten days of the winter session of 2018, the parliament witnessed members asking wide-ranging questions related...

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Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

For Immediate Release A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks! New D...

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Banks on the Brink

The unprecedented crisis in the Indian banking sector, which has brought banks’ lending operations to a virtual standsti...

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Power Sector NPAs: New Report Slams Parliamentary Panel on Energy

The 37th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy failed to fix accountability for the NPA crisis in the...

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Parliamentary Panel Failed to Address NPAs in Power Sector? A Delhi Think Tank Believes so

In a critique of the March 2018 report of the Parliamentary standing committee on energy, CFA has stated that the recomm...

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June 7, 2021

Priya Dharshini

Is Forbearance the Original Sin?

Chapter 7 of Economic Survey dealing with the banking crisis strongly emphasizes that the continuation of the policy of forbearance followed in the wake of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) even after 2011 was the primary reason for the banking sector crisis. The survey argues “the forbearance continued...

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May 28, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Is India’s Banking Sector Moving Towards a Melt Down and Financial Collapse?

Bank’s performance is always the reflection of the country’s economy. Though results are not out for the financial year 2019-20, analysis shows that many banks will be showing a huge loss. The last quarter which normally sees huge increase in advances did not happen. The deposits of all scheduled b...

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February 7, 2020

Ashish Kajla

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The budget failed to address the real problems of the economy like unemployment, agrarian crisis, healthcare, and debt-ridden banking sector. Economists have also pointed out t...

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February 15, 2019

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Q&As on Finance in the 2019 Budget Session of the Parliament

The budget session of the parliament witnessed the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these questions were related to the NPAs, rationalisation of the overseas branches of the banks, charges levied by the banks on various services, disinvestment in the PSUs, commitment c...

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February 15, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

The second half of the winter session of the parliament continued to witness the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these questions were related to the NPAs in various sectors of the Scheduled Commercial banks and Cooperative Banks, rationalisation of the branches and AT...

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February 7, 2020

Ankit Agrawal

Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

The first ten days of the winter session of 2018, the parliament witnessed members asking wide-ranging questions related to the finance. These questions can broadly be divided into the following categories: Demonetisation Issues related to the health of the Public Sector Banks, which could, in turn...

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November 6, 2018

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Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

For Immediate Release A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks! New Delhi, November 2, 2018: “Under the present government, the Lion in the Make in India has turned into a cat,” said Atul Kumar Anjan, National Secretary of the Communist Party ...

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November 20, 2018

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Banks on the Brink

The unprecedented crisis in the Indian banking sector, which has brought banks’ lending operations to a virtual standstill, means that they can do little to help the economy, which is buffeted on multiple fronts. The filing for bankruptcy by Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008, resulted in a st...

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November 20, 2018

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Power Sector NPAs: New Report Slams Parliamentary Panel on Energy

The 37th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy failed to fix accountability for the NPA crisis in the power sector, while absolving disastrous moves like delicensing. A new report by Delhi-based Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) has criticised the Parliamentary Standing Co...

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November 20, 2018

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Parliamentary Panel Failed to Address NPAs in Power Sector? A Delhi Think Tank Believes so

In a critique of the March 2018 report of the Parliamentary standing committee on energy, CFA has stated that the recommendations suggested by the Committee to address the problem of stressed assets in power sector fall short of addressing the problem in an effective manner. Did the Parliamentary pa...

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Is Forbearance the Original Sin?

Random Reflections- Is India’s Banking Sector Moving Towards a Melt Down and Financial Collapse?

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Q&As on Finance in the 2019 Budget Session of the Parliament

Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

Banks on the Brink

Power Sector NPAs: New Report Slams Parliamentary Panel on Energy

Parliamentary Panel Failed to Address NPAs in Power Sector? A Delhi Think Tank Believes so

Is Forbearance the Original Sin?

Random Reflections- Is India’s Banking Sector Moving Towards a Melt Down and Financial Collapse?

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Q&As on Finance in the 2019 Budget Session of the Parliament

Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

Press Release: A Resolute NO to Merger! Unions and Opposition Unite to Fight Merger of Public Sector Banks!

Banks on the Brink

Power Sector NPAs: New Report Slams Parliamentary Panel on Energy

Parliamentary Panel Failed to Address NPAs in Power Sector? A Delhi Think Tank Believes so

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