Drastic step or careless move?
Bill allows regional rural banks to tap private capital
Centre’s ban on blood donation for transgender people, gay men and sex workers symptomatic of systemic failure
All donated blood is tested for HIV, other infections, making prohibition unnecessary
Who foots the huge dole for business?
Bad loans of public sector banks to business are more than double the food subsidy
COVID-19: In a first, public development banks pledge to end hunger, poverty
Commitment by PDBs significant for over 500 million small landholders
COVID-19 pandemic impacted blood supply in Africa: WHO
There was a shortfall of 329,0289 units of blood in 2020
Panel recommends deadline for cleaning Yamuna banks of construction debris, garbage
Proposal to be submitted to National Green Tribunal for final order
COVID-19: Shortage in Odisha blood banks
People are finding it tough to get access to blood in the state's 83 blood banks
Uttarakhand chief minister bans construction along riverbanks
Construction to be 200 m from river; hoteliers welcome move, but demand compensation
Crafty accounting
The budget projects a pro-poor image, while covertly playing to the market
100,000 Maharashtra farmers may not get loan to sow kharif crop
Reserve Bank of India refuses to bail out three district cooperative banks
Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system
Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting
Central banks and climate change: How they can play a role in managing the fallout
Central banks set interest rates, which determines the prices of goods and services. This, in turn, influences the climate impacts of their …
Green lending: World’s biggest banks’ latest initiative at COP26 is a step backwards
It wouldn’t make sense to abruptly forbid lending to non-green projects now, since we need to avoid hitting hardest the banks that are …
Why central banks need to take human rights more seriously
36 central banks and banking supervisors, participate in the central bank and supervisors network for greening the financial system
Collective action around common resources could help vulnerable communities
There are significant opportunities to build on ideas to promote collective action and commercialisation without commodification on a larger scale
For more skin in the game
With RBI and the Supreme Court calling for action against powerful debtors, state-owned banks have been put on notice
Public banks responsible for $800 billion in damages to nature annually: Report
Some 450 public development banks worldwide are exposed to a ‘dependency risk’ worth $4.6 trillion, due to their investments in nature-…
Educational gaps limit success of women-owned businesses in Africa: UN Report
Secondary-and tertiary-educated women are more likely to pursue opportunities and access financial services, according to the document
Climate change: Will it spur the next financial crisis
BIS, the umbrella organisation of central banks, recently warned on global financial stability
Drones deliver medicines in Africa
A US-based company transports life-saving drugs, 148 vaccines and blood units to 2,000 health facilities across Ghana
47 per cent blood banks in Delhi do not have licences; some for years
Two blood banks were found to have been functioning without renewing licence for more than four years
Banks at a loss
Piling up non-performing assets serve as a lesson for banks to do social and environmental impact assessments of projects more rigorously
Access to financial services can help rural India cope with climate risks: Study
Over half the Indian households surveyed who faced climate shocks used their own savings to cope
Environmental & social responsibility of financial institutions must go beyond green initiatives
Most Indian banks and financial institutions do not have any environmental and social safeguard mechanisms
2022 Economics Nobel awarded to trio for improving ability to avoid financial crises
Banks, by acting as intermediaries that accept deposits from many savers, can allow depositors to access their money when they wish, while also …