New Delhi : People standing in long queues to exchange their old Rs 500 and 1000 notes and withdraw cash from the ATM in New Delhi on Thursday. We will state our baseline assumption first the “implementation” of the demonetization exercise, though admittedly an historically unprecedented exercise in its scale and timelines, could still have…
The third seminar of the monthly “BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series” was held in Mumbai on the 26th of October 2016. The session was chaired by Ashish Chauhan – CEO, BSE and moderated by Dr. Rajiv Kumar – Founding Director, Pahle India Foundation. The seminar discussants were Mr. Sunil Sanghai (Managing Director and Head of…
The fifth seminar of the monthly “BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series” was held in Mumbai on the 22nd December 2016. The seminar discussants were Shri K Kumar, Head, Clearing Corporation, Bombay Stock Exchange, Dr. Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group and Shri Tamal Bandopadhyay, Adviser, Strategy at Bandhan Bank Ltd, & Consulting Editor, Mint…
The fourth seminar of the monthly “BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series” was held in Mumbai on the 28th November 2016. Shri Ashish Chauhan, Chief Executive Officer of the BSE made the opening remarks at the session. The seminar discussants were Ms. Shilpa Kumar, MD & CEO, ICICI Securities, Shri Saugata Bhattacharya, Senior Vice President &…
PIF report on ‘Digital Inclusion: Moving One Step Closer’ was released on 2nd November 2016 by Shri Anil Kaushal, Full Time Member, TRAI. Opening remarks at the programme was made by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Founder Director, Pahle India Foundationand Shri R Chandra shekhar, President, NASSCOM delivered the keynote address. Shri Saurabh Roy, Fellow, Pahle India…
The third seminar of the monthly “BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series” was held in Mumbai on the 26th of October 2016. The session was chaired by Ashish Chauhan – CEO, BSE and moderated by Dr. Rajiv Kumar – Founding Director, Pahle India Foundation. The seminar discussants were Mr. Sunil Sanghai (Managing Director and Head of…
Internet based services are expanding in India at a phenomenal rate. Even government has started digitizing its services which can be availed online. To ensure that services are available to every citizen and no one is left out, the government must look at digital inclusion as a policy. We conducted a survey of low-income people…
The second seminar of the monthly “BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series” was held in Mumbai on the 22nd of September 2016. The session was moderated by G Padmanabhan (Non-Executive Chairman, Bank of India & Ex-ED, RBI). The seminar discussants were B. Sambamurthy (Nominee Director, RBI), Piyush Chourasia (Chief Risk Officer & Head – Strategy, ICCL),…
What Urjit Patel can do to help improve India’s investment climate Urjit Patel will take over as Governor of RBI on September 4. Close to 53, he is among the youngest to be appointed to this position. One ho pes this is part of a larger move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA…
