-Outlook The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may either be holding back Rs 2,000 notes or could have stopped printing high denomination currency, says a SBI Research report. Juxtaposing the data presented in the Lok Sabha recently with the one provided by RBI in its Annual Report earlier, the SBI Ecoflash report said today, "we observe" that the value of small denomination currency in circulation up to March 2017 was Rs 3,501...
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Can farmer producer groups replace arhtiyas, push crop diversification? -Vibhor Mohan
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Agri marketing in Punjab is unimaginable without commission agents (arhtiyas). But a section of farmers in the state are beginning to respond to farmer producer organizations' (FPOs) attempt at marketing as an alternative to the traditional direct selling. The move is also expected to help farmers break the wheat-paddy cycle and take to growing vegetables. A study sponsored by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)...
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...
More »Retail inflation surges to 15-month high of 4.88% on food price, breaches RBI target
-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...
More »FRDI Bill: Understanding the basis of bail-in, and depositors' fear -Shaji Vikraman
-The Indian Express As the government tries to allay swirling apprehensions, The Indian Express explains the background, aims and rationale of the proposed new FRDI law. Some provisions of The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017, popularly referred to as the FRDI Bill, which was tabled in Parliament this August, have given rise to concerns over protection for bank deposits in the proposed law. An online petition against the Bill — “Do not...
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