-The Hindu Business Line RBI Deputy Governor says such loans support economic activity, generate income & surplus Mumbai: Given the overexposure of the Banking System to large corporates and the consequences thereof in the last few years, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor SS Mundra said lending to priority sector is good business for all the right and justifiable reasons. “The excessive lending to corporate sector was the outcome of what I call...
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Non-availability of machines slowed down counting of withdrawn notes: Urjit Patel -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Business Line Remonetisation taking place at a good pace, RBI Governor tells House panel New Delhi: RBI Governor Urjit Patel told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance that the non-availability of the currency verification processing system (CVPS) machines is one reason why the counting of demonetised notes is not yet done. Though he painted a rosy picture of the digitisation process in the country post-demonetisation before the panel, figures presented by...
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Apart from gross domestic product (GDP) and gross value added (GVA), another indicator which shows whether an economy is thriving or stagnating is the growth in bank credit. Credit is a critical input in the production of goods and services. It is generally the case that during prosperous times, economic actors, who are engaged in different sectors or in various industry, take up bank loans to invest. The provisional data...
More »Is direct benefit transfer really a panacea for the rural poor? -Sanjiv Phansalkar
-VillageSquare.in Given the complex and varied situations in rural India, the results of the direct benefit transfer method are so far mixed at best and debilitating at worst, as seen in the subsidies for farm equipment and fertilizers Direct benefit transfer (DBT), a system through which government programs transfer funds directly to bank accounts of beneficiaries, is hailed as a major intervention that is expected to cut a whole lot of misdirection...
More »Small farms are eating away farmers' profits and productivity -Harini Calamur
-DNA Most of Europe avoided the fate of India, because of a very strict feudal law — that of following primogeniture, a system of inheritance by the firstborn (usually the first born son). Karnataka — preceded by UP, Punjab and Maharashtra — is the fourth state to have waived off loans taken by farmers. However, this is not going to be the end of the matter. You are likely to...
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