The Practice of PPP in Urban Infrastructure
The recently released volume on urbanisation titled “Urbanisation in India” edited by Dr. Isher Ahluwalia, Dr. Ravi Kanbur and Dr. P. K. Mohanty, contains a chapter authored by Vikram Kapur, Commissioner of Chennai, and me, dealing with the practice of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in urban infrastructure in India.
Building a Ubiquitous Electronic Payments Network and Universal Access to Savings – Part I
The Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households (CCFS) envisions the following:
By January 1, 2016 each Indian resident, above the age of 18 years, would have an individual, full-service, safe, and secure electronic bank account.
In Conversation on Urbanisation with Dr. Shlomo Angel
In a three-part interview series Vishnu Prasad of IFMR Finance Foundation speaks with Dr. Shlomo (Solly) Angel, adjunct professor at NYU and senior research scholar at the NYU Stern Urbanization Project, about India’s urban housing crisis, urban governance challenges in India, the enduring legacy of the Oregon experiment, Making Room Paradigm and his personal experiences with participatory planning in Bangkok.
CCFS Recommendations on Credit Delivery – Part 2
The CCFS recommendations pertaining to national full-service banks and regional banks have been covered in our previous post. Unlike these deposit-taking institutions, the third category of institutions, namely, RBI-regulated Non-Banking Financial Companies are not involved in taking public retail deposits and are primarily focussed on credit delivery and therefore supplement the bank-led channels for credit delivery.
CCFS Recommendations on Credit Delivery – Part 1
The RBI Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-Income Households (CCFS) lays out several recommendations to strengthen the supply side with respect to credit outreach through the banking and non-banking infrastructure that is already in place.
A Picture of India’s Financial Depth
The CCFS Report has laid out a vision for Sufficient Access to Affordable Formal Credit that places a goal of achieving a Credit to GDP ratio for each district of atleast 10% by January 1, 2016, and to cross 50% by January 1, 2020.
Understanding Voluntary Pension Contributions by Informal Sector Workers
Financial inclusion is a priority area in the minds of policy makers in India. The larger focus of this debate has been on access to credit and insurance.
The Mor Committee Report – Will Payments Banks Be Revolutionary or Evolutionary?
One of the more debated aspects of the Mor Committee’s report on “Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households” is the proposal for the new class of banks, in particular the “Payments Banks”.
A Big Step Forward in India’s Financial Inclusion Deliberations
India faces a major financial exclusion challenge. According to the 2011 World Bank Global Findex Survey, only 35% of Indian adults have access to a formal bank account and 8% borrowed formally in the last 12 months.
The Adjusted PSL Mechanism for Priority Sector Lending by Banks
In view of the rigid sectoral targets and the absence of an active trading market for PSL assets, current PSL requirements force identical strategies from all banks, with little scope for specialisation.
