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Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

RBI announced in August 2016, that it will move to cap exposure of banks to large borrowers while also taking steps to d...

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Isn’t Selling PSEs, Banks, Insurance, and Assets not selling family silver?

The Finance Minister has stated that she is not selling family silver but strengthening it. Is it true? Department of In...

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Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

We know from history how some kings gave utmost importance to food security for every citizen, by constructing water ha...

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Random Reflections- Bad Boy Billionaires – Few abroad many more in the Country

Netflix is screening a three part series titled “Bad Boy Billionaires – India”. The documentary outlines certain elemen...

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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...

Indian Economy Random Reflections

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Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin

Almost all financial newspapers have informed that 3-5 banks and 3 general insurance companies are going to be privatiz...

Indian Economy Random Reflections

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Random Reflections by Thomas Franco

Lessons from the Nobel Prize in Economics After Dr. Amartya Sen received Nobel Prize for Development Economics, Abhijit ...

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Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

The Banks have been levying bank charges for providing various services like ATM card, chequebook, annual statement, and...

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Will the RBI Solve the NPA Problem?

Five years ago, the All India Bank Officers’ Association, presented a presentation to our Bank Management titled NPA-Nev...

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May 18, 2021

Thomas Franco

Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

RBI announced in August 2016, that it will move to cap exposure of banks to large borrowers while also taking steps to deepen the Corporate Bond Market. RBI stated that starting from next fiscal year (2017), banks will have to set aside higher provisions for incremental lending to borrowers who have...

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May 14, 2021

Thomas Franco

Isn’t Selling PSEs, Banks, Insurance, and Assets not selling family silver?

The Finance Minister has stated that she is not selling family silver but strengthening it. Is it true? Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) states that four major areas of its work relates to Strategic Disinvestment, Minority Stake Sales, Asset Monetisation and Capital Restr...

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May 29, 2021

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

We know from history how some kings gave utmost importance to food security for every citizen, by constructing water harvesting structures, rivers, dams and encouraged cultivation. One good example is tapioca cultivation in Kerala during a famed famine that occurred from 1860 to 1880. Vish...

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October 20, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Bad Boy Billionaires – Few abroad many more in the Country

Netflix is screening a three part series titled “Bad Boy Billionaires – India”. The documentary outlines certain elements of the stories of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy. The documentaries are inaccurate, inadequate and misleading. The series on Subrata Roy of Sahara alone has some re...

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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...

Indian Economy Random Reflections

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July 22, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin

Almost all financial newspapers have informed that 3-5 banks and 3 general insurance companies are going to be privatized. They have indicated that Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank and Bank of Maharashtra are being considered for privatisation. We will be left wit...

Indian Economy Random Reflections

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February 7, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections by Thomas Franco

Lessons from the Nobel Prize in Economics After Dr. Amartya Sen received Nobel Prize for Development Economics, Abhijit Banerjee, an Indian has become the winner of Nobel on Economics along with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. What is important is that these three economists have had exper...

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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

The Banks have been levying bank charges for providing various services like ATM card, chequebook, annual statement, and transactions. These charges directly affect the poorest sections of society. In August 2018, the Union Minister of State in Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla reported in Lok Sabha that ...

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December 6, 2017

Thomas Franco

Will the RBI Solve the NPA Problem?

Five years ago, the All India Bank Officers’ Association, presented a presentation to our Bank Management titled NPA-Never Permit an Avalanche. This helped a lot to reduce NPAs of smaller amount but the large Corporate NPAs had to be tackled at the top level. Over this period it is now accepted that...

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Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

Isn’t Selling PSEs, Banks, Insurance, and Assets not selling family silver?

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

Random Reflections- Bad Boy Billionaires – Few abroad many more in the Country

Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector

Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin

Random Reflections by Thomas Franco

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Will the RBI Solve the NPA Problem?

Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

Isn’t Selling PSEs, Banks, Insurance, and Assets not selling family silver?

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

Random Reflections- Bad Boy Billionaires – Few abroad many more in the Country

Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector

Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin

Random Reflections by Thomas Franco

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Will the RBI Solve the NPA Problem?

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“Thomas Franco”

Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

Isn’t Selling PSEs, Banks, Insurance, and Assets not selling family silver?

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

Random Reflections- Bad Boy Billionaires – Few abroad many more in the Country

Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector

Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin

Random Reflections by Thomas Franco

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Will the RBI Solve the NPA Problem?

Loans to Corporates – It’s high time to implement the RBI decision of 2016

Isn’t Selling PSEs, Banks, Insurance, and Assets not selling family silver?

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

Random Reflections- Bad Boy Billionaires – Few abroad many more in the Country

Random Reflections- Solutions for the Banking Sector

Random Reflections- Privatisation of Financial Sector – A road to ruin

Random Reflections by Thomas Franco

Bank Charges Needs to be Reviewed Immediately

Will the RBI Solve the NPA Problem?