22 February, 2021Policymaking 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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Unearthing “zombies” in the Indian corporate sector
The secular rise of "zombie" borrowers – insolvent firms sustained by continued extension of credit by complicit banks – is a source of concern as these firms tie up productive workers and capital...
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Nirupama Kulkarni S. K. Ritadhi Siddharth Vij Katherine Waldock
- 04 August, 2020
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Emergence of Bandhan as a bank: A new era in the Indian banking industry
At a time when the Indian banking industry is experiencing a steep rise in bad loans, Bandhan – an MFI with a near 100% loan recovery rate – has converted into a bank. Based on a survey of 112 Ba...
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Somdutta Basu Souvik Dutta Abhirup Sarkar
- 27 August, 2015
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Inclusive finance for inclusive growth: A gender perspective
While research has established that financial inclusion programmes lead to economic upliftment of poor families owing to the participation of women, the evidence on the impact of such programmes on w...
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Vigneshwara Swamy
- 31 July, 2015
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Foreign borrowing by Indian firms: Implications for growth and macroeconomic stability
This project analyses the pattern of external borrowing by Indian firms, an exercise that has as yet not been carried out. It identifies possible drivers of such borrowing.
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Ila Patnaik Ajay Shah Nirvikar Singh
- 30 June, 2015
- IGC Research on India
Reining in gold imports
In an attempt to reduce gold imports, the Indian government has proposed three new schemes – gold monetisation, sovereign gold bonds, and domestic production of branded gold coins. In this article,...
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Gurbachan Singh
- 12 June, 2015
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Barriers to basic banking in India
The Indian government is promoting the Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and mobile banking – or the “JAM trinity” — as the pathway to financial inclusion. But are banks capable or even willing take o...
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Camille Boudot A.J. Mowl
- 29 May, 2015
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Impact of American FDI in India
The United States is one of India’s largest trade and investment partners. This column discusses the impact of American FDI in India in terms of direct effects such as job creation, exports and tec...
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Smita Miglani Saon Ray
- 15 May, 2015
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Can bank account-based payments boost savings?
?The Finance Ministry plans to focus on mobilising savings in the next phase of PMJDY, the financial inclusion scheme. This column presents results from an experiment in Chhattisgarh, which tests whe...
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Vincent Somville Lore Vandewalle
- 06 April, 2015
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The financial inclusion agenda and Aadhaar
The central government is pushing financial inclusion in a big way. In this article, MS Sriram discusses the role of identity in financial inclusion, and the importance of Aadhaar in this context. He...
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MS Sriram
- 18 March, 2015
- Perspectives
Foreign Fund Flows and Stock Returns: Evidence from India
This project studies the impact of foreign institutional investor (FII) flows on stock returns in India. It exploits stock-level daily trading data for FII purchases and FII sales to separate stocks i...
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Viral Acharya V Ravi Anshuman
- 31 January, 2015
- IGC Research on India
Financing India's infrastructure growth
Interest rates in the developed economies are still at very low levels, while investors are looking for high and stable returns for their money. This article outlines an innovative proposal for finan...
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Samik Metia
- 12 January, 2015
- Perspectives
Challenges and priorities for financial sector reform in India
I4I Editor Nirvikar Singh (Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz) interviews K.P. Krishnan (Former Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance) on the central ...
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K.P. Krishnan Nirvikar Singh
- 17 November, 2014
- Perspectives
Finance and growth in China and India: Have firms benefited from capital-market expansion?
Financial sectors in India and China are fast expanding. This column presents a new dataset on the capital-raising activity and performance of publicly listed firms in the two countries. It suggests ...
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Tatiana Didier Sergio Schmukler
- 08 August, 2014
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