Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha said the government is in a deep sleep 'like Rip Van Winkle', the famous fairytale character
The development follows the RBI's central board decision to create separate supervisory and regulatory cadre
He said the country needs a new generation of reforms to accelerate economic growth. At 5% GDP growth rate, India was witnessing substantial economic slowdown
The private lender was supposed to bring down the shareholding of its non-operative financial holding company
The PMC Bank has been put under restrictions by the RBI after an alleged fraud of Rs 4,355 crore scam came to light
IEX is the biggest player in spot energy trading with a share of 97 per cent, and with participation of over 6,500 players
If RBP kicks in, there will be a shakeout among urban-cooperative banks
The central bank's gold reserves is valued at about $27 billion as of October 18, latest data showed
The economy needs changes that can't be made overnight; without them, it will continue to under-perform, whether India signs up for RCEP or not. Work should have started 7 years ago, writes T N Ninan
In the concluding part of the series, the author draws attention to the central bank's problems that need urgent fixing
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the central bank should tighten banking regulations for the staff and any deviation should be reported to the regulatory committee at the earlies
RBI data showed that fiscal deficit of states rose to 2.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) in their Revised Estimates, from 2.6% in their Budget Estimates for FY19
Most of the assessees in question are either traders or professionals; there are also those who sent money abroad for donation purposes
Second, risk-based premium should be introduced, based on supervisory ratings for banks
At present, an individual's aggregate deposits in a bank, including fixed deposits, are insured for up to Rs 1 lakh by DICGC
PIL seeks comprehensive guidelines to avoid another crisis like that of PMC Bank, seeks 100 per cent insurance of deposits
RBI asks arm to create model that'll make banks pay premiums depending upon their risk factor
A capital-constrained economy like India can't afford a jungle raj in finance
Deposit insurance was last revised on May 1, 1993, after the collapse of the Bank of Karad
The regulator, auditor and management should be held responsible for fraud in Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank or other banks, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said on Thursday. Thakur said that in case of PMC Bank, the Reserve Bank of India has allowed withdrawal of Rs 40,000, which covers around 77 per cent of the affected people and they have been assured of up to Rs 1 lakh. "As far as the PMC Bank or any other bank is concerned, it is the job of the regulators first to look into those issues. It is the auditor, who should be held responsible. It is the management of the bank who are dealing on a day to day basis and if any one is involved in fraud, ED has taken action. People have been arrested. Their properties have been attached," Thakur said at Times Network India Economic Conclave event. He was responding to queries on crisis at PMC Bank and depositors under stress. Thakur said the BJP government has brought in reforms to make balance sheet of banks healt