Five Years of Achhe Din: A Quick Look at Banking and Finance Sector

The last five years have been a watershed moment in Indian politics and the economy. The NDA alliance’s grand victory on the agenda of development and good days to come (achhe din) started off on a high note. But after five years, the NDA government stands delegitimized. But what followed…

Political Parties and CSOs Criticise Modi Government on its Economic Performance

For immediate release Political Parties and CSOs Criticise Modi Government on its Economic Performance New Delhi, March 15, 2019: “The BJP, before the 2014 elections, created an illusion of achchhe din. Though they promised to double farmers income, increasing Minimum Support Price (MSP) by 1.5 times, they did opposite everything of…

Bank Charges: Punishment for the Poor and Marginalised

Bad loans have worsened the banks’ balance sheet. Because of this, the money which banks need to put aside (called provisions) for bad loans has increased manifold, resulting in a decrease of money available with banks for lending. By Ashish Kajla Does financial inclusion mean taking away the hard-earned savings…

What Are The Bank Charges And Whom Do They Affect?

To access the banking system through various platforms/processes, banks provide different kind of services to depositors. Bank charge is a fee that banks charge depositors to access these banking services. Recently, banks have started charging depositors for each and every transaction done by them including those that were previously free…

Our Money, Our Right: Appeal to the Political Parties

Our Money, Our Right Towards a Transparent and Accountable Financial and Banking System Appeal to political parties by people’s movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and concerned citizens on finance and banking, with a request to include these in your election campaign for 2019, including in the election manifesto. The…