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…
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),…
The first seminar of the monthly “BSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series” was held in Mumbai on the 22nd of August 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 Anup Bagchi (CEO, ICICI Securities), Praveen Chakravarty (Senior…
The astounding success of the BJP in the 2014 general elections was attributed to Shri Narendra Modi and his party’s untiring campaign. Since the BJP won its majority in Lok Sabha and Modi took oath as Prime Minister, both the man and the party have seen their fair share of ups and downs in governing…
The rapid urbanization in conjunction with industrialization has resulted in the growth of slums. Misplaced policies and bad administration have been a major contributing factor. Most of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) are ill-equipped to raise adequate revenue, which in turn results in a shortage of funds to undertake infrastructure development and service delivery. Furthermore,…
Prior to the 2014 general election, Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Dr. Ramgopal Agarwala and Mr. Rajesh Shah had come together to write a book with the objective of capturing public and expert opinion on the way forward for the development of India. The fundamental premise for writing ‘Resurgent India’ was to provide a long term strategic…
As a part of its ongoing project on ‘Role of Financial Institutions in Monetisation of Gold in India’, Pahle India Foundation (PIF) presented the outcomes of the primary survey conducted as a part of the study, along with suitable policy recommendations. The recommendations covered various policy reforms around Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), Sovereign Gold Bond…
On 29th January 2016 a roundtable discussion was held on ‘Role of Financial Institutions in Monetisation of Gold in India’ to examine the role of financial institutions and other stakeholders of gold business in gold monetisation. The discussion revolved around the nuances in implementation of the recently introduced Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), the role NBFCs…
On 14th January 2016 a roundtable discussion was held on ‘Role of Financial Institutions in Monetisation of Gold in India’ to discuss the nuances in implementation of the recently introduced Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) including the tripartite agreement, role of NBFCs and setting up of a gold exchange in India. This was first of the…
On 30th July, 2015, a Roundtable discussion was held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi to discuss the preliminary survey findings of a study on FDI in E-commerce sector. The deliberation was chaired by Mr. Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP, MoC & amp ;I. The discussion was enriched with valuable inputs and recommendations from esteemed…