Financial Accountability Network – India
Striving to Make Financial Institutions Accountable
Bank Charges Should be Scrapped and Not Just Paused out of ‘Benevolence’ November 4, 2020, New Delhi: The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that, no Public Sector Bank has increased the bank charges and will not do so in view of the COVID pandemic. The announcement came after strong backlash…
Due to nationwide lockdown started from 24th March, 2020 amid of corona pandemic, Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitaraman announced waive off of charges for not maintaining Monthly Minimum Balance and for ATM transactions for 3 months, i.e. April-May-June as a part of economic relief measure. But despite this announcement,…
Centre Must Respect Fiscal Federalism and Legal Obligations under GST (Compensation to the States) Act, 2017 Statement from Civil Society Organisations, Economists and Concerned citizens New Delhi, October 2, 2020: Financial Accountability Network India (FAN India) and the undersigned condemn the central government for violating the GST (Compensation to the…
July 15, 2020 Financial Accountability Network India along with other civil society organisations, trade unions, bankers, people’s movements and networks strongly demand that the time for the consultation on the discussion paper on governance be increased to a minimum of three months along with necessary arrangements for wider participation of…
July 11, 2020, Delhi: Financial Accountability Network India condemns the banks for resuming the bank charges which were withheld for three months by Finance Minister. While all the banks resumed the ATM charges and penalty for not maintaining the minimum balance from the month of July, Bank of Maharashtra increased the…
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) was launched in August 2014 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the aim of providing banking facilities to the poor and to increase financial inclusion in the country. It aimed to open at least one basic banking account for every household and provide…
There are several factors which play an important role in determining the relationship between banks and their customers. One of the most important amongst them is what services banks provide and how they deliver it to their customers which can facilitate the best to their financial needs. Banks were nationalised…
On 24th March, 2020, the Prime Minister of India has declared the nationwide lockdown due to global widespread of Covid 19. As a result, the entire businesses, works, and economy have shut down leading to enormous losses of jobs and livelihood. Consequently thousands of daily wage labours from different states (mainly…
Financial Accountability Network India (FAN India) welcomes the announcement of State Bank of India (SBI) to waive the penalty for not maintaining Average Minimum Balance and for SMS service. In 2017, SBI imposed penalty on minimum balance and other banks followed the same, resulting in heavy financial burden for the…
In a “public statement”, the advocacy group Financial Accountability Network India, New Delhi, has said that the Yes Bank debacle exposes the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) “failure”, insisting on the need to hold those responsible for the debacle “accountable” and move towards “nationalising” private banks. Endorsed by 30 academics…