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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
TopicBanking Act

Topic: Banking Act

How Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill seeks to replace 135-yr-old law: The proposed changes & concerns

The Bill, now passed in Lok Sabha, proposes to modify Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 1891—colonial-era law enacted when bank records existed almost entirely on paper ledgers.

To avoid Yes Bank-like shocks, let differentiated banking licenses address financing gaps

India urgently needs a range of entities to solve for the vast diversity in its credit intermediation requirements, including in infrastructure financing.

Yes Bank, PNB crises shows why RBI needs a data-first approach to supervision

To expect the RBI to effectively monitor multiple aspects of the banks and other regulated entities is a tall order.

On Camera

Operation Sindoor to Epic Fury, air power is becoming war’s opening move

Air power used to be the instrument of escalation, the thing a state reached for once diplomacy had failed. Increasingly, it is no longer the last resort.

Life insurance policy surrender, withdrawal payouts jump to Rs 2.8 lakh-crore, exceed maturity benefits

Govt says surrender & withdrawal payouts accounted for 39% of total benefits in 25-26, up from 32% in 21-22, driven by affordability issues, mis-selling, changing financial circumstance.

‘When Pakistan sought ceasefire, we kept it waiting’—Gen Anil Chauhan reveals India’s Op Sindoor flex

Pakistan reached out to India around 9.30 am on 10 May 2025 but Indian DGMO spoke only in the afternoon, just retired Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan says at ThePrint's Off The Cuff.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.