WHY A RATE CUT WON’T HELP LOWER LENDING RATES

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-05 WHY A RATE CUT WON’T HELP LOWER LENDING RATES Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Banking, NPAs and RBI Delay in norms:As final norms have not been issued, the new external benchmark scheme is not yet in place.V.V. Krishnan With the first…

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HITTING THE REGULATOR

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-04-03 HITTING THE REGULATOR Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Banking, NPAs and RBI © 2019 The Indian Express Ltd. All Rights Reserved On Tuesday, the Supreme Court struck down the circular issued by the RBI on February 12, 2018, which directed banks…

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NOTE BAN TRIGGERS RECORD 14-TIMES HIGH GENERATION OF SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTS LINKED TO TAX CRIMES: FIU

Source : www.economictimes.indiatimes.com Date : 2019-04-01 NOTE BAN TRIGGERS RECORD 14-TIMES HIGH GENERATION OF SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTS LINKED TO TAX CRIMES: FIU Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Banking, NPAs and RBI The 2016 demonetisation of two high-value currencies has led to an all-time high generation of over…

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OUR SILENCE ON POVERTY

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-03-29 OUR SILENCE ON POVERTY Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development © 2019 The Indian Express Ltd. All Rights Reserved Pratap Bhanu Mehta is vice-chancellor of Ashoka University. He was earlier president, Centre Policy Research, New Delhi, one of India’s top…

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NOT SO BASIC

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-03-27 NOT SO BASIC Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development © 2019 The Indian Express Ltd. All Rights Reserved FIRST, it was the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana targeted at small and marginal farmers by the outgoing NDA government just two…

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IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE POOR

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-03-27 IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE POOR Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development © 2019 The Indian Express Ltd. All Rights Reserved Jayati Ghosh is professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi The Congress party’s recent declaration that, if…

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RAHUL GANDHI: ‘RAHUL’S MINIMUM INCOME PLAN’S ANNUAL COST RS 3.6 LAKH CR’

Source : www.economictimes.indiatimes.com Date : 2019-03-26 RAHUL GANDHI: ‘RAHUL’S MINIMUM INCOME PLAN’S ANNUAL COST RS 3.6 LAKH CR’ Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s latest announcement to provide to Rs 72,000 per annum to 5 crore households, if implemented, is likely to…

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BALANCING WORK

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-26 BALANCING WORK Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development The underlying gender bias in unpaid care work is a critical factor contributing to gender inequality, says the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) latest report. The ILO’s 2017 global sample survey established that…

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DELAYING BAD NEWS: ON PROPOSED BANKING REFORMS

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-26 DELAYING BAD NEWS: ON PROPOSED BANKING REFORMS Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Banking, NPAs and RBI For now, Indian banks burdened by sour loans will not have to admit the true size of their likely losses. On Friday, the Reserve Bank…

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RAHUL PROMISES TO WIPE OUT POVERTY WITH NYAY

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-26 RAHUL PROMISES TO WIPE OUT POVERTY WITH NYAY Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development Under NYAY, the income threshold has been fixed at Rs. 12,000 a month and the Congress has promised that their government will pay the difference. According…

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