-Livemint.com Controversy around the bail-in clause aside, FRDI Bill’s clauses 58 and 62(1) regarding governance of a firm declared critical are inherently conflicting Much has been said and written about the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017. The FRDI Bill was scheduled for discussion in Parliament this winter session but will now have to yield to more immediate concerns such as the Gujarat election results and the Central Bureau of Investigation...
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India second most unequal region in wealth distribution: report -Jitendra
-Down to Earth India’s 10 per cent rich share 55 per cent of the national income, making it the second most unequal region after the Middle East India emerged as the second most unequal region in the world after the Middle East, according to the World Inequality Report 2018. The 10 per cent of super rich population share 55 per cent of the national income of the country. In the Middle...
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-Livemint.com Income inequality in India has risen over the last three decades and a half with the top 10% of earners cornering 55% of the national income in 2016, says report New Delhi: Income inequality in India has worsened over the past three-and-a-half decades and the top 10% of earners now corner more than half of the country’s national income in 2016. Their share was 30% of the national income in 1980,...
More »FRDI Bill: Dispelling some myths about bail-in and other issues to allay depositors' concerns -Shohini Sengupta
-Firstpost.com The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill proposes to create a framework for overseeing financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies, non-banking financial services (NBFC) companies and stock exchanges in case of insolvency. The 'Resolution Corporation', proposed in the draft bill, would look after the process and prevent the banks from going bankrupt. It would do this by "writing down of the liabilities", a phrase some have interpreted as a...
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-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Consumer price inflation (CPI), or retail inflation as it is better known, for the month of November stood at 4.88 per cent with comparison to 3.63 per cent during the corresponding period last year. The government data revealed on Tuesday shows that the inflation rate has surged to 15-month high. The previous high was recorded at 5.05 per cent in August last year. November's inflation numbers...
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