Memoirs of an astute banker
MOIN QAZI reviews “The Custodian of Trust: A Banker’s Memoir” written by Rajnish Kumar, the former chairman of the State Bank...
The GROW Initiative: Collective of philanthropists support 100 NGOs post Covid-19
Following the pandemic, NGOs faced several challenges and need support to rebuild their systems and processes. As the number of...
Village women show the light on creating a digital revolution
Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank is India’s first bank run for and managed by low-income rural women. MOIN QAZI highlights a unique...
India’s Case for Universal Basic Income
The idea of universal basic income has been a focus of serious discussion in recent years. India is the latest...
Will Bank Privatisation Roll Back India’s Development Agenda?
In 1969, India nationalised 14 banks to help cement state control over the financial system. Five decades later, it has...
Sudha Kothari shows how Nari Shakti flows from Self-Help
Self-help is the best help—that is the rationale sustaining women-led self-help groups and other village organisations. They are now one...
Micro-Insurance: A lifeline for the poor
MOIN QAZI argues that micro-insurance is a highly effective social protection tool to end the cycle of poverty. It can...
Why the PIL to Truncate the Qur’an is Misconceived
A recent PIL filed in the Supreme Court seeks the deletion of certain verses of the Qur’an on the ground that they...
Self-help Groups: Women Become the Change They Want to See in the World
Self-help groups are India’s most powerful conduits for incubating and empowering women to move from subsistence to sustainability. The pandemic...
The World needs Savings, not Credit
Savings have been the most trusted and oldest building block of financial management. In earlier societies, the habit to save was...
Women Steer India’s Grassroots Democracy
Panchayati Raj, or local self-governance, was a dream Mahatma Gandhi cherished. He considered it the ideal model to develop India’s...
Dormant Bank Accounts Challenge India’s Financial Inclusion Goals
India has made rapid strides in assuring financial access to a large section of the population. Yet the hard truth...
