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Dec 04, 2013
Credit Scoring – An effective way to ensure availability of timely and adequate credit to MSEs
Ms. Jennifer Isern, Manager, South Asia Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation (IFC); Shri S.K. Dubey, CMD, Canara Bank; Shri H.S.U. Kamath, CMD, Vijaya Bank; Smt. Archana Bhargava, CMD, United Bank of India; Shri Ashwini Kumar, CMD, Dena Bank; Shri S.R. Bansal, CMD, Corporation Bank; Shri Sushil Muhnot, CMD, Bank of Maharashtra; Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India; Executive Directors and other senior officials from various
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Ms. Jennifer Isern, Manager, South Asia Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation (IFC); Shri S.K. Dubey, CMD, Canara Bank; Shri H.S.U. Kamath, CMD, Vijaya Bank; Smt. Archana Bhargava, CMD, United Bank of India; Shri Ashwini Kumar, CMD, Dena Bank; Shri S.R. Bansal, CMD, Corporation Bank; Shri Sushil Muhnot, CMD, Bank of Maharashtra; Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India; Executive Directors and other senior officials from various
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Nov 29, 2013
Financial Inclusion - Journey so far and Road Ahead
1. Mr Tamal Bandopadhyay Deputy Managing Director, Mr Sukumar, Editor Mint, distinguished guests ,ladies and gentlemen ,at the very outset let me say that I am extremely happy to be here with you this beautiful evening and thank the Editor Mint for having me here, to share with you the RBI perspectives on the Financial Inclusion. I extend warm congratulations to Mint on celebrating a decade of engagement with these issues which concern us all. 2. Dr. Raghuram Rajan, h
Dr. (Smt.) Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
1. Mr Tamal Bandopadhyay Deputy Managing Director, Mr Sukumar, Editor Mint, distinguished guests ,ladies and gentlemen ,at the very outset let me say that I am extremely happy to be here with you this beautiful evening and thank the Editor Mint for having me here, to share with you the RBI perspectives on the Financial Inclusion. I extend warm congratulations to Mint on celebrating a decade of engagement with these issues which concern us all. 2. Dr. Raghuram Rajan, h
Nov 18, 2013
Two decades of credit management in banks : Looking back and moving ahead
Presentation Shri K.R. Kamath, Chairman, IBA and Chairman, Punjab National Bank; Smt. V.R. Iyer, Chairperson, Bank of India; CMDs of banks, delegates to the BANCON 2013; members of the print and electronic media; my other colleagues from the banking fraternity; ladies and gentlemen! At the outset let me thank the Indian Banks’ Association and the Bank of India for giving me this opportunity to share my thoughts with you from the platform of BANCON. This annual event i
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Presentation Shri K.R. Kamath, Chairman, IBA and Chairman, Punjab National Bank; Smt. V.R. Iyer, Chairperson, Bank of India; CMDs of banks, delegates to the BANCON 2013; members of the print and electronic media; my other colleagues from the banking fraternity; ladies and gentlemen! At the outset let me thank the Indian Banks’ Association and the Bank of India for giving me this opportunity to share my thoughts with you from the platform of BANCON. This annual event i
Nov 15, 2013
The Five Pillars of RBI’s Financial Sector Policies
Good evening. I thank the organisers for inviting me. These are challenging times for the Indian economy, but I have dwelt on those near-term challenges elsewhere. Let me turn instead to the opportunities we have to make India a far better place than it is today, focussing in particular on finance. Much of the world is ageing, facing the demographic tax of having to pay for an increasingly elderly population with a shrinking work force. Much of the world has run out o
Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Good evening. I thank the organisers for inviting me. These are challenging times for the Indian economy, but I have dwelt on those near-term challenges elsewhere. Let me turn instead to the opportunities we have to make India a far better place than it is today, focussing in particular on finance. Much of the world is ageing, facing the demographic tax of having to pay for an increasingly elderly population with a shrinking work force. Much of the world has run out o
Nov 13, 2013
Vigilance Administration: Encouraging Probity in Public Life
Shri A. K. Handa, Chairman, Centre For Integrity, Governance & Training on Vigilance Administration (CIGVA); Shri S .K. Goel, former CMD, UCO Bank; Shri R.V. Verma, Chairman, NHB; other officials of CIGVA; delegates to this seminar on Vigilance Administration, ladies and gentlemen! At the outset, let me congratulate CIGVA and Shri Handa for creating an institutional forum which seeks to strengthen the governance processes with an underlying objective of bringing a
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Shri A. K. Handa, Chairman, Centre For Integrity, Governance & Training on Vigilance Administration (CIGVA); Shri S .K. Goel, former CMD, UCO Bank; Shri R.V. Verma, Chairman, NHB; other officials of CIGVA; delegates to this seminar on Vigilance Administration, ladies and gentlemen! At the outset, let me congratulate CIGVA and Shri Handa for creating an institutional forum which seeks to strengthen the governance processes with an underlying objective of bringing a
Nov 11, 2013
Training for Commercial Bankers
Honorable Chancellor Shri Vinay Hegde, Professor Dr. Ramananda Shetty, Dr. Shantaram Shetty, Dr. Thingalaya, Shri S.K. Jain, CMD, Syndicate Bank, Shri S.R. Bansal, CMD, Corporation Bank, Shri Anantha krishna, Chairman, Karnataka Bank, ladies and gentlemen. It gives me immense pleasure to inaugurate the academic block of NITTE Institute of Banking and Finance. It is an opportune time as also the need of the hour to enhance professional skills of bankers since we are po
Shri G. Gopalakrishna, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
Honorable Chancellor Shri Vinay Hegde, Professor Dr. Ramananda Shetty, Dr. Shantaram Shetty, Dr. Thingalaya, Shri S.K. Jain, CMD, Syndicate Bank, Shri S.R. Bansal, CMD, Corporation Bank, Shri Anantha krishna, Chairman, Karnataka Bank, ladies and gentlemen. It gives me immense pleasure to inaugurate the academic block of NITTE Institute of Banking and Finance. It is an opportune time as also the need of the hour to enhance professional skills of bankers since we are po
Oct 31, 2013
Speech on Financial Inclusion delivered by Dr. (Smt) Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India at the Vth Dun and Bradstreet Conclave on Financial Inclusion – Kolkata on October 28, 2013
INTRODUCTION 1. Mr. Sampath Kumar, Ms Preetha Mishra and my dear ladies and gentlemen. I am delighted to be with you this morning for the inaugural session of the fifth Dun and Bradstreet Financial Inclusion Conclave. I extend warm congratulations to Dun and Bradstreet for hosting the event in the beautiful city of Kolkata. 2. Financial Inclusion is not a new dispensation. Bank Nationalisation in 1969 and the tremendous push for branch building which followed in its w
Dr. (Smt.) Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
INTRODUCTION 1. Mr. Sampath Kumar, Ms Preetha Mishra and my dear ladies and gentlemen. I am delighted to be with you this morning for the inaugural session of the fifth Dun and Bradstreet Financial Inclusion Conclave. I extend warm congratulations to Dun and Bradstreet for hosting the event in the beautiful city of Kolkata. 2. Financial Inclusion is not a new dispensation. Bank Nationalisation in 1969 and the tremendous push for branch building which followed in its w
Oct 30, 2013
Retail Payments at Crossroads: Economics, Strategies and Future Policies
I am deeply honored to be here and thank the European Central Bank and Banque de France for inviting me as a member of this important panel. I have been asked to specifically comment on three aspects of the topic we are discussing and let me attempt that in seriatim. I. How can financial intermediaries and financial inclusion contribute to the economic growth of the country? 1. As Global Payments 20131 report points out we are facing a “two speed world” as far as paym
Shri G Padmanabhan, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
I am deeply honored to be here and thank the European Central Bank and Banque de France for inviting me as a member of this important panel. I have been asked to specifically comment on three aspects of the topic we are discussing and let me attempt that in seriatim. I. How can financial intermediaries and financial inclusion contribute to the economic growth of the country? 1. As Global Payments 20131 report points out we are facing a “two speed world” as far as paym
Oct 30, 2013
Ideas and Actions for Re-igniting India’s Growth and Shaping the Recovery
His Excellency, Dr. Arye Kumar Jagessur, High Commissioner of Mauritius in India; Dr. Ajay Pandey, Dean, IIM Ahmedabad; PGPX Chair Professor Anurag Agarwal, other faculty members and students of IIM Ahmedabad. Let me begin by thanking you for inviting me to CONNEXION 2013. I understand that this is an annual event organized by the students of the One-year Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) which brings together industry and academia for brains
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
His Excellency, Dr. Arye Kumar Jagessur, High Commissioner of Mauritius in India; Dr. Ajay Pandey, Dean, IIM Ahmedabad; PGPX Chair Professor Anurag Agarwal, other faculty members and students of IIM Ahmedabad. Let me begin by thanking you for inviting me to CONNEXION 2013. I understand that this is an annual event organized by the students of the One-year Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) which brings together industry and academia for brains
Oct 22, 2013
Financial Education and Customer Protection
Dr. (Smt.) Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
Oct 19, 2013
Filtering Out the Real India
Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep and every weakness is dissected. In fact, the team is never as good as fans make it out to be when it wins, nor as bad as it is made out to be when it loses. Its weaknesses existed in victory, too, but were overlooked. Such
Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep and every weakness is dissected. In fact, the team is never as good as fans make it out to be when it wins, nor as bad as it is made out to be when it loses. Its weaknesses existed in victory, too, but were overlooked. Such
Oct 18, 2013
Banking on Quality Data
Dr.Bhaskaran, CEO, Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, delegates attending this Conference, ladies and gentlemen. I am grateful to Dr Bhaskaran for inviting me to inaugurate this Conference. The theme ‘data quality management’ is topical and of prime importance to the financial sector as banking increasingly gets embedded with technology, from micro devices to stacks of Mainframe computers. Introduction 2. Before I go on to the core theme of my speech, let me cit
Shri G Padmanabhan, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
Dr.Bhaskaran, CEO, Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, delegates attending this Conference, ladies and gentlemen. I am grateful to Dr Bhaskaran for inviting me to inaugurate this Conference. The theme ‘data quality management’ is topical and of prime importance to the financial sector as banking increasingly gets embedded with technology, from micro devices to stacks of Mainframe computers. Introduction 2. Before I go on to the core theme of my speech, let me cit
Oct 11, 2013
Welcome to India: State of the Indian economy, banking sector and factoring services
Mr. Gerhard Prenner, Chairman, International Factors Group (IFG); Mr. Pramod Bhasin, Founder & Vice Chairman, Genpact Limited; Mr. Sanjay Chamria, Co-founder & CEO, Magma Fincorp Limited; Mr. Ravi Gupta, Managing Director, Blend Financial Services Ltd.; delegates to the conference, ladies and gentlemen! It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all, especially the foreign delegates, to India and to this historic city of New Delhi for IFG’s Annual Conference. I
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Mr. Gerhard Prenner, Chairman, International Factors Group (IFG); Mr. Pramod Bhasin, Founder & Vice Chairman, Genpact Limited; Mr. Sanjay Chamria, Co-founder & CEO, Magma Fincorp Limited; Mr. Ravi Gupta, Managing Director, Blend Financial Services Ltd.; delegates to the conference, ladies and gentlemen! It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all, especially the foreign delegates, to India and to this historic city of New Delhi for IFG’s Annual Conference. I
Oct 10, 2013
Regaining the Growth Momentum: Issues and Imperatives
Shri Pratip Chaudhuri, Former Chairman, State Bank of India; Dr. Rajan Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS); Dr. Debashis Sanyal, Dean; Dr. Vrinda Kamat, Chairperson (MBA Banking); Mr. C. B. Ramamurthy, my former boss at Bank of Baroda; faculty and students of the School of Business Management, NMIMS University; distinguished invitees, members of the print and electronic media, ladies and gentlemen! At the outset let me congra
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Shri Pratip Chaudhuri, Former Chairman, State Bank of India; Dr. Rajan Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS); Dr. Debashis Sanyal, Dean; Dr. Vrinda Kamat, Chairperson (MBA Banking); Mr. C. B. Ramamurthy, my former boss at Bank of Baroda; faculty and students of the School of Business Management, NMIMS University; distinguished invitees, members of the print and electronic media, ladies and gentlemen! At the outset let me congra
Oct 07, 2013
What, Why and How of Retail (Mass) Banking: Issues and Challenges
Mrs. Usha Thorat, Director, Centre For Advanced Financial Research And Learning (CAFRAL); Mr. B D W A Silva, Deputy Governor , Central Bank of Sri Lanka; CEOs of various commercial banks from across the globe, other fellow Central Bankers ; ladies and gentleman! At the outset, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the delegates to this roundtable, especially the foreign delegates who have travelled to India to be a part of this event. It is indeed a privilege f
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Mrs. Usha Thorat, Director, Centre For Advanced Financial Research And Learning (CAFRAL); Mr. B D W A Silva, Deputy Governor , Central Bank of Sri Lanka; CEOs of various commercial banks from across the globe, other fellow Central Bankers ; ladies and gentleman! At the outset, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the delegates to this roundtable, especially the foreign delegates who have travelled to India to be a part of this event. It is indeed a privilege f
Oct 07, 2013
Certain Uncertainties, Uncertain Certainties: India in an interconnected world
Presentation 1. It is a pleasure to be here today at the 40th annual convention of the Department of Business Economics of the University of Delhi. Let me begin by congratulating the Department for selecting a very appropriate theme for the Convention – “Embracing uncertainty: India in an interconnected world”. The events over the last few years – beginning from the onset of the global financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis and, more recently, the events triggere
Shri Harun R Khan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Presentation 1. It is a pleasure to be here today at the 40th annual convention of the Department of Business Economics of the University of Delhi. Let me begin by congratulating the Department for selecting a very appropriate theme for the Convention – “Embracing uncertainty: India in an interconnected world”. The events over the last few years – beginning from the onset of the global financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis and, more recently, the events triggere
Oct 04, 2013
Financial Education Key to Promoting Financial Inclusion and Customer Protection
I am happy to be able to address, though not real time, various stakeholders from across the country on this important subject and also congratulate the CAB for focusing on this topical issue. Financial Education is a not a new idea for those present here but the enabling environment in terms of policy focus on inclusive growth and availability of technology for cost effective delivery of both banking services and financial education is of recent origin. There is a st
Dr. (Smt.) Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
I am happy to be able to address, though not real time, various stakeholders from across the country on this important subject and also congratulate the CAB for focusing on this topical issue. Financial Education is a not a new idea for those present here but the enabling environment in terms of policy focus on inclusive growth and availability of technology for cost effective delivery of both banking services and financial education is of recent origin. There is a st
Oct 03, 2013
Speech delivered by Shri G Gopalakrishna, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India at “Axis Champions Awards” on October 1, 2013 at Mumbai
Dr. Sanjiv Misra, Chariman Axis Bank, Smt. Shika Sharma, MD and CEO, Sr.Executives and ladies and Genetlemen, I have great pleasure in being a part of an event that hosts and toasts achievers who have excelled and left an indelible impression on customers by dint of exemplary work and service. I must congratulate Axis Bank for instituting these awards and felicitating their personnel, which I am sure will spur them on to better their own record and possibly also inspi
Shri G. Gopalakrishna, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
Dr. Sanjiv Misra, Chariman Axis Bank, Smt. Shika Sharma, MD and CEO, Sr.Executives and ladies and Genetlemen, I have great pleasure in being a part of an event that hosts and toasts achievers who have excelled and left an indelible impression on customers by dint of exemplary work and service. I must congratulate Axis Bank for instituting these awards and felicitating their personnel, which I am sure will spur them on to better their own record and possibly also inspi
Sep 30, 2013
Payment Systems in India: Reflections on some recent trends and future challenges
On behalf of Reserve Bank of India, it is my privilege to welcome all the distinguished participants to India, to the city of Pune and to the College of Agricultural Banking – a premier training establishment of the Reserve Bank of India focussed on rural and co-operative financial sector development besides general banking with emphasis on technology led business processes. It is also a matter of great privilege for me to be inaugurating this important International
Shri Harun R Khan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
On behalf of Reserve Bank of India, it is my privilege to welcome all the distinguished participants to India, to the city of Pune and to the College of Agricultural Banking – a premier training establishment of the Reserve Bank of India focussed on rural and co-operative financial sector development besides general banking with emphasis on technology led business processes. It is also a matter of great privilege for me to be inaugurating this important International
Sep 30, 2013
Transformation of Development Financial Institutions into Commercial Banks: The Case of IDBI and the Role of Employee Unions
Shri Basudeb Achariya, Hon’ble MP, Lok Sabha; Comrade Rajen Nagar, President, AIBEA; Shri B.P. Kanungo, Regional Director for West Bengal and Sikkim, Reserve Bank of India; Shri Samir Ghosh, General Secretary, All Indian Reserve Bank Employees Association; Principal office bearers of the United Forum of IDBI Officers and Employees; officers and employees of IDBI and other delegates to the seminar; ladies and gentlemen! I am pleased to note that the United Forum of IDB
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Shri Basudeb Achariya, Hon’ble MP, Lok Sabha; Comrade Rajen Nagar, President, AIBEA; Shri B.P. Kanungo, Regional Director for West Bengal and Sikkim, Reserve Bank of India; Shri Samir Ghosh, General Secretary, All Indian Reserve Bank Employees Association; Principal office bearers of the United Forum of IDBI Officers and Employees; officers and employees of IDBI and other delegates to the seminar; ladies and gentlemen! I am pleased to note that the United Forum of IDB
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