Tag Search: “banking”
Lead Bank Scheme: Does organisational design matter?
The Lead Bank Scheme of the RBI involves a ‘lead bank’ in each district of India that coordinates financial services in the district, and a ‘convenor bank’ in each state that monitors these activities...
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Samarth Gupta
26 October, 2020
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Achieving the target of complete financial inclusion in India through fintech
A significant number of people in India remain outside the purview of the formal financial system. Use of financial echnologies can help address the gaps in financial inclusion left by the traditional...
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Arindam Sarkar
Onkar Shivraj Swami
07 August, 2020
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Effect of conflict on bank lending: Evidence from Indian border areas
Conflict can affect economic outcomes through the decisions of key individuals. This article studies the effect of repeated incidents of shellingacross the India-Pakistan border, on loan officers work...
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Mrinal Mishra
Steven Ongena
28 July, 2020
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Productivity growth in Indian banking: Who gained?
Since the deregulation and privatisation reforms of the early 1990s, Indian banking has witnessed many significant changes. This article finds that the sector experienced steady productivity growth un...
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Rajeswari Sengupta
Harsh Vardhan
07 July, 2020
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Covid-19: Right opportunity to strengthen the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code
The government has recently exempted all Covid-related debts from the definition of default, and stalled the invocation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 for one year, to allow ailing ente...
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K. Srinivasa Rao
11 June, 2020
- Perspectives
The Covid-19 shock: Learnings from the past, addressing the present - III
In the previous part of the series, Dr Pronab Sen provided estimates of the economic damage on account of the ongoing crisis, and the expected trajectory of the economy over the next three years. In t...
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Pronab Sen
07 June, 2020
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Covid-19: Ashok Kotwal speaks with Pronab Sen
In conversation with Ashok Kotwal on the ongoing economic crisis caused by lockdown to mitigate Covid-19 spread, Pronab Sen breaks down the problem into survival of individuals and livelihoods, and th...
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Ashok Kotwal
Pronab Sen
25 April, 2020
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Policymaking at a time of high risk-aversion
The key issues in the Indian financial sector in general, and banking in particular, are bearing risk and allocating capital. These are especially important now as India enters into a prolonged phase ...
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Rajeswari Sengupta
Harsh Vardhan
06 April, 2020
- Perspectives
Yes Bank: The anatomy of a crisis
The string of frauds and failures unearthed in recent years in the Indian banking sector indicate weaknesses in banking supervision. In this post, Pandey and Priyadarshini argue that the Reserve Bank ...
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Radhika Pandey
D. Priyadarshini
23 March, 2020
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How district courts influence firm growth
The Economic Survey 2018-19 highlights that the single biggest constraint to ease of doing business in India is contract enforcement and dispute resolution, and increasing capacity in lower judiciary ...
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Manaswini Rao
29 January, 2020
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Raising coverage under deposit insurance: A soft option
Indian Parliament is expected to legislate on a rise in the amount of insurance for bank deposits from Rs. 100,000 to possibly Rs. 500,000 in its ongoing winter session. In this post, Gurbachan Singh ...
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Gurbachan Singh
02 December, 2019
- Perspectives
Lessons from the PMC Bank fiasco
In September, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had to impose restrictions on Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMCB) as the latter was found to be involved in a mega loan fraud. RBI has taken steps...
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K. Srinivasa Rao
06 November, 2019
- Perspectives