FSLRC on Financial Consumer Protection
Keeping in mind the existing state of consumer protection measures in place for India, FSLRC has proposed a consumer protection framework for financial services, with the stated objectives being…
The outbreak that enabled urbanisation: London in “The Ghost Map”
This post is cross-posted from our Financing Small Cities blog. The post marks the beginning of a new blog series “Cities in Books”, in which we will put across…
Cost of Delivering Rural Credit in India
Central to the debate on access to finance for India, is the question of the most appropriate channel for credit delivery. Credit intermediation has traditionally been the stronghold of…
Innovations in Micro Finance: Field notes from Eastern Uttar Pradesh
A few colleagues and I recently travelled through Varanasi and Mirzapur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh visiting Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) in that region and their clients. I am delighted…
Interview with Justice Srikrishna, Chairman, FSLRC
As part of our blog series on the FSLRC report, we will be conducting a series of interviews with key experts to get their perspective on the report and…
FSLRC moots shift in onus of consumer protection from consumer to provider
Why does consumer protection assume so much more significance in financial services, more so than perhaps for other services? Financial services don’t have fixed characteristics.
The FSLRC Approach
Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) was set up by the Indian Government in 2011 with a mandate to help rewrite and harmonize financial sector legislation, rules and regulations. On…
The March Phenomenon in Agricultural Lending
The Task Force on Credit Related Issues of Farmers, chaired by Umesh Chandra Sarangi, in its report submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India,