-The Indian Express The panel members have planned to ask Urjit Patel questions regarding RBI's preparedness for digital transition. They will also question about how much money has come back into the system after the November 8 decision to place the existing currency notes of Rs 1000. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel will appear before the Parliamentary panel on Wednesday to respond to clarifications demanded by the panel on...
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India Owes a Debt to Its Farmers -Yogendra Yadav
-TheWire.in The Indian farmer is not just a poor, helpless victim who deserves a waiver because he cannot pay. The root cause of the debt trap is that his income has not increased with rising expenditure due to state policies. As Punjab joins the list of states to declare farm loan waivers, the political scales are now heavily tilted in favour of this idea. The government of Telangana, followed by Andhra Pradesh,...
More »Yogendra Yadav, convenor of Swaraj Party, interviewed by Archana Mishra (GovernanceNow.com)
-GovernanceNow.com As farmers protests take centre stage across the country, Swaraj Party convenor explains the ecological, economic and existential crisis behind this unrest. * We have recently seen farmers from Tamil Nadu protesting in the national capital. Then Maharashtra farmers protested, deciding not to send their produce to cities. The agitation has now reached Madhya Pradesh, leading to killings. Why there is sudden farmers’ unrest in the country? I think we...
More »GDP flop-show: Manmohan Singh has the last laugh in war of words with Narendra Modi over note ban -Dinesh Unnikrishnan
-Firstpost.com If one purely compare the January-March quarter GDP growth of fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2016, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s prediction that demonetisation will shave off 2 percentage points of India’s GDP has come true. In the January-March quarter of FY16, GDP grew by 9 percent, which has come down to 6.1 percent in the corresponding quarter this year— a near 3 percentage point difference. Even the full...
More »Norms to protect customer in fraudulent transaction soon: RBI
-PTI MUMBAI: Reserve Bank will soon come out with final guidelines on customer protection which would limit customers liability in case of unauthorised electronic banking transactions, RBI deputy governor S S Mundra said on Tuesday. Last year in August, RBI had issued draft circular on limiting liability of customers in case on fraudulent banking transactions, resulting in debits to their accounts or cards. RBI had asked comments and suggestions on the same. "Based...
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