These are responses we write to documents that are put out by the government or the regulator in the public domain, often intended for public consultation – such as white papers or regulatory notifications or circulars or committee reports, etc.
The Future of Finance Initiative (FFI) is housed within the IFMR Finance Foundation (IFF) and aims to promote policy and regulatory strategies that protect citizens accessing finance given the sweeping changes that are reshaping retail financial services in India.
Shortly after Christmas last month, a press release from the Ministry of Finance on 28th December announced that the Committee on Digital Payments (chaired by Ratan P. Watal) had submitted its Report.
Recently the Reserve Bank of India released a Consultation Paper on Peer to Peer Lending aimed at defining the contours of regulating Peer to Peer (P2P) Lending in India.
The Technical Group on Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy proposes to carry out a nationwide survey to assess the ‘state of financial inclusion and financial literacy’ in India. Prior to commissioning this large-scale effort, it would be important to look into the design aspects of such a survey, including: (I)Coordinating with existing large-sample surveys on financial inclusion
The Committee to Re-examine the Existing Classification and Suggest Revised Guidelines with regard to Priority Sector Lending Classification and related Issues chaired by Shri. M.V. Nair (the Nair Committee) recently submitted its recommendations.
The Committee to Re-examine the Existing Classification and Suggest Revised Guidelines with regard to Priority Sector Lending Classification and related Issues chaired by Shri .M.V.Nair (the Nair Committee) recently submitted its recommendations.
NBFCs play a critical role in furthering the goal of financial inclusion. It is our view that in order to make access to financial services universal, while ensuring systemic stability, we need to build on the separate natural strengths of banks and NBFCs.
The Draft Micro Finance Institutions (Regulations and Development) Bill 2011 (the Bill) seeks to cover all entities engaged in ‘microfinance activities’ under a single regulator (the Reserve Bank of India) and prescribes various rules for such institutions.
We think that the Indian economy is ripe for deregulation of savings rate. The recent monetary policy released by the RBI highlights that the Indian economy may experience a slow growth over this year, given an inflation focused tightening of the monetary policy.
In all our research efforts, we strive to maintain an independent voice that speaks for the low-income household and household enterprises. Our ability to perform this function is significantly enhanced by our commitment to disseminate as a pure public good, all the intellectual capital that we create.
