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Prudhviraj Rupavath
Suicide Deaths Mount after Unregulated Lending Apps Resort to Exploitative Recovery Practices
26 Dec 2020
About 2,313 cases of loan frauds have been reported in the last four years
PTI
Proposal to Allow Corporate Houses to Set up Banks a 'Bombshell', Say Rajan, Acharya
23 Nov 2020
Highly indebted and politically connected business houses will have greatest incentive and ability to push for licenses, said former RBI honchos in an article.
Surajit Das
COVID-19 Lockdown: Why Compensation to Workers is Overdue in India
20 Nov 2020
The trade unions in India are demanding an ex gratia cash transfer of Rs 7,500 per month to all the workers outside the direct income tax bracket as compensation for income lost for the mo
Subodh Varma
Bihar Elections: The Tragic Face of De-Industrialisation
31 Oct 2020
If you ever want to see what the lack of industrial production does to a society and its economy, Bihar is the place to visit.
PTI/NewsClick Report
RBI Says GDP Likely to Contract by 9.5% in FY’21
09 Oct 2020
The GDP contracted by 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal, as per the estimates of the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Newsclick Report
PM-CARES Fund: Over Rs 200 Crore Donated from Staff Salaries of RBI, Govt Banks, LIC and Others
28 Sep 2020
The SBI, India’s largest lender, is the top contributor among the public sector banks with an amount of over 107.95 crore drawn from salaries of employees.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sourodipto Sanyal
Why WhatsApp Pay Has Not Been Able To Roll Out In India?
14 Sep 2020
There are conspiracy theories galore as to why WhatsApp, the messaging application of the global social media monopoly, Facebook Inc., has been unable to offer a mobile internet-based payments serv
PTI
SC Extends Relief on NPAs; Govt Says Decision on Bank Interest in 2 Weeks
10 Sep 2020
The Centre told the court that a high-level panel was looking into interest being charged by banks on instalments deferred during moratorium period due to COVID-19.
Prabhat Patnaik
Why Centre’s Stance on GST Compensation is Utterly Bizarre
04 Sep 2020
When the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced, and states virtually gave up the power to levy indirect taxes which they had enjoyed under the Constitution, the Centre had solemnly promised t
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Non-BJP Ruled States Demand Centre to Borrow and Pay GST Compensation
01 Sep 2020
The issue of GST compensation has been contentious since last October as the Centre began delaying the payments for the first time since the new tax regime began.