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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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Topic: Banking system

SubscriberWrites: Why banks should focus even more on insurance and not less

The manner in which insurance is being sold being the topic of contention, it would be prudent to address the root cause rather than tinker with the manifestation.

Ex-finance secy writes to Modi govt, red-flags ‘gaps’ in last-mile delivery of welfare schemes

In a letter to FM Nirmala Sitharaman, EAS Sarma cites study that says many MGNREGS workers in an Andhra tribal area have to travel significant distances to claim their wages. 

India likely to see softer impact of Credit Suisse crisis, says brokerage firm Jefferies

Credit Suisse has only one branch in India and total assets of over Rs 200 billion ($2.42 billion).

India’s banking rules need to close the door to tycoon cronyism

Crony capitalism has built up slowly in India, emerging as a Frankenstein’s monster. Telecommunications to transportation, the landscape is starting to resemble a Monopoly board.

Moral of Yes Bank collapse story: Money makes you do things you don’t want to

There’s no silver-bullet solution for India’s financial sector, and to rebuild confidence, boring things need to be done. RBI has much to think about.

Cash crunch will worsen India’s bad loans mess, already the worst in the world

Failure to slash stressed assets, cash crunch in NBFCs, delays in bankruptcy process are adding to challenges faced by banks as they tidy up balance sheets.

50 years after nationalisation, Modi needs to starve PSU banks, not celebrate them

A banking sector that should be stimulating growth & investment remains inefficient & wasteful. Reason: The political priorities of a populist PM.

Jayant Sinha says ‘hydra-headed’ NPA monster Modi government’s biggest challenge

Speaking at Off the Cuff, Sinha says Modi government has put in place drivers of robust growth in future.

India’s banking system requires a stronger watchdog

RBI’s supervisory capacity needs strengthening — including better training, more specialization and longer tenures for officials, among other measures that the bank itself has recommended.

We can’t do away with bank scams. But we can aim for an India where they are fewer

Money is about accounting entries. Modern scams are all about stealing accounting entries, when the system has a “reconcilement” problem.

On Camera

How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?