Expert Committee on Urban Infrastructure releases report
The High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) for estimating the investment requirements for urban infrastructure services released its final report recently.
Regulating Microfinance in India: IFMR Trust’s feedback on the Malegam Committee’s report
The Malegam Committee’s (referred to hereinafter as the “Committee”) recommendations to increase the supervisory capacity of the RBI, to make MFI regulation consistent at the national level, to promote…
Taking banking to the last mile
Efforts to promote financial inclusion achieved momentum in the country with the RBI guidelines in January 2006, allowing appointment of non-bank Business Correspondents (BC) as agents for the delivery…
Universalizing Complete Access to Finance: Key Conceptual Issues
As part of the working papers series of the Asian Development Bank Institute, Bindu, Suyash and Dr. Nachiket Mor have penned a working paper on ‘Universalizing Complete Access to…
Government Policies and Financial Inclusion
Markets typically exist within the boundaries set by the state. The financial markets are no exception to this. Mobilisation and allocation of capital – the key roles of the…
Financing Public Infrastructure in Rural India
Gram panchayats in India are independent, constitutional bodies of governance that operate at the level closest to the people or the grass-roots.
The Case for Small Banks
In what could become a welcome trend, the RBI has started putting out detailed discussion notes on future policy steps.
Is SHG model better than microfinance?
Finance Matters column in The Hindu Business Line – Farzana Najeeb of Advocacy writes the fifth article in the series.
NPS Lite: Securing Old Age Income
The announcement of National Pension System (NPS) Lite, a pension plan geared towards economically disadvantaged populations, brings hope for much needed money during non-productive years
Field visit to FINO customer service points
Business Correspondence (BC) model or the third-party agent banking was launched in 2006 in India, with the intent of increasing the ambit of the formal banking sector. Since its…