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[Economy] New Bank Licences:
Bandhan, IDFC, Bharatiya
Mahila Bank; Differential Bank
licences, Bimal Jalan Committee,
Narsimhan Committee; arguments favor against, Bank
nationalization, Historic evolution of Banking sector in India
1. Prologue
2. Banking sector
in British India
3. Birth of RBI
4. Banking sector
Post
Independence
5. Narsimhan
Committee I
(1991)
6. Bank licences:
1st Round (1993)
7. Narsimhan Committee II (1998)
8. New Bank licences 2nd round (2001)
9. New Bank licences 3rd Round (2013-14)
1. Bandhan Microfinance and IDFC
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2. In principle approval
3. What is Differential licenses?
4. New Private banks: Pro and Against
arguments
10. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (2013)
1. How is it a Mahila Bank?
2. Business plan of Mahila Bank?
3. Why Mahila Bank is mere publicity stunt?
Prologue
important: SSC has uploaded halltickets for reexamintion of CGL-
2013 to be held on 27th April. Respective players check your
regional SSC sites accordingly. now coming to the subject
Bandhan and IDFC got new licences, you already know that. its
just two line current affairs. but for SBI /UPSC interviews, we need
to some background information for questions like:
1. After Sahara Scam and NSEL crisis, why should we risk giving
bank licences to private companies? In fact why not simply
nationalize the existing private sector banks so they cannot do
any scams!?
2. We already have large banks such as SBI, ICICI, BoB- all of
them having pan-India presence, capable of fulfilling the goal of
financial inclusion, then why is there a need to get new private
sector banks?
To answer such Devils advocate type interview questions, we
need to go back in history:
Banking sector in British India
There were two types of banks
British Banks Swadeshi Banks
First, East India company
establishes three
Presidencies in India-
Bombay, Bengal and
Madras
Three Presidency banks
Parallel to British banks, Indian banks
also setup- Allahabad Bank, Punjab
national bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda
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setup in those cities. Later
merged into one Imperial
bank (21)=> SBI (55)
(BoB), Canara bank etc.
Their target audience = British
army, civil servants and judges
Target audience= big merchants,
particularly raw-material exporters in
Bombay and Madras Presidency.
Overall, neither British Banks nor Swadeshi banks helped in the
financial inclusion of poor people, they still had to rely on local
money lenders and Zamindars.
Birth of RBI
By early 30s, there were >1200 banks in India!
But all of them under Companies law- there was no banking
regulation, no RBI, no SLR, CRR, repo rate, reverse repo rate
etc. So the Civil service & BankPO aspirants of that era, were
relatively Stress free compared to present generation.
Problem starts with Great American depression (29) =>
sharemarket and companies of US and Europe collapse= raw
material import declines = desi merchants cannot repay loan
EMIs = Indians banks starts collapsing one by one.
therefore, British Indian government setups Reserve bank of
India to supervise over these banks (34)
Banking sector Post Independence
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from mid-50 onwards, there is gradual expansion of banking
sector in India
SBI, ICICI, PNB, BoB all start opening more and more
branches.
but still target audience= merchants, urban (upper) middle
class and industrial houses
Branches increased? YES
Rural penetration? NO
Did they help aid in Five year plans like giving cheap loans to
farmers and micro-enterprises? NO
All these banks were in the hands of industralists. (who owned
majority shareholding => can vote majority of board of
directors=> banks policy decision will only be made to suit
those industrialists e.g. opening branches near factory-
townships, giving loans @cheap rate for setting up new
factories and so on.)
Nationalization
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starts nationalizing banks (By taking over the ownership from
those industrialists)
YearHow
many?who?
55 1 Imperial bank (SBI)
69 14 banks with >50 cr. deposits.
80 6banks with >200 cr. deposits (Andra, Vijaya, Oriental bank
of commerce etc.)
Nationalization: more problems
1. In theory, nationalization =government becomes majority
shareholding in those banks => government can pick board of
director of her choice = bank takes decisions to suit
governments Five year plan requirements= everyones happy,
right? nope
2. In reality, nationalization =created more problem than it solved.
for example
3. Now all the board members = politicians, their relatives, retired
IAS/IPS etc. Result? Professionalism =nope, sycophancy=yes.
4. Banks were forced to give loans @throwaway prices to
farmers/ small enterprises, sometimes even cost of giving loan
(staff salary, light bill, office rent etc.) would be higher than the
profit involved.
5. Local politician interfered in operations. Run loan mela in our
Constituency, open all branches in RaiBareily and Amethi only,
pass applications of our chamcha-log. They would get lakhs of
rupees @4% interest rate (to buy cattle) and then circulate the
same money to farmers @36% interest rate and so on
6. When banks tried to recover loan money from such political
elements, t heyd get stay order from courts, then taarikh pe
taarikh.
7. This politicization even came into Bank employee unions-
theyd always demand higher wages and lower working hours,
irrespective of how much profit bank made.
8. adding insult to injury, RBI kept the CRR and SLR very high
(15 & 40% respectively)
9. =very less money left for banks to lend.
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10. Business man cannot get easy loans = no business expansion
=export declines =in a way all this contributed to the Balance of
Payment crisis (BoP) in 1991.
moral of the story = nationalization is not a solution even if
Sahara, NSEL, Ramalinga Raju, Ketan Parekh, Harshad Mehta or
Mr.XYZ is doing scam- that doesnt mean you should nationalize
everything.
Narsimhan Committee I (1991)
By government of India in 1991. It recommended following:
recommendation result?
Government / RBI mustnot regulate
the banks loan interest rates.
Banks should be allowed to decide
their home loan, bike loan etc rates
by themselves.
RBI adopts BENCHMARK PRIME
LENDING RATE (BPLR) => nowadays
Base rate system.
setup Debt recovery tribunals. so
loan defaulters cannot get stay
orders from courts, no more
Taarikh pe taarikh
DRT setup in 1993 => later
SARFAESI Act in 2002 to give them
more powers.
Liberate Branch expansion policy.
Let the banks open branches
outside Raibarely and Amethi also.
done. banks can open branches
anywhere. only condition 25% of the
new branches each year must be
setup in rural areas. For more read
Nachiket Committee article.
Reduce CRR and SLR so banks
are left with more money to lend.
Done, gradually reduced. from
(15,40)=>(4,23)
NBFC regulatory framework done
government should reduce its
shareholding from public sector
banks.
done, SBI shares sold, nowadays
government owns ~60%. (this
facilitates entry of professionals in the
board of directors)
Allow entry of private sector banks
and foreign banks.
done, leads to first round of bank
licences, explained below:
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Bank licences: 1st Round (1993)
RBI invites application 1993
New private banks start Operation: 1994-95 onwards
Total ten private banks given licences: 6 still running + 4
closed down.
6 running
1. ICICI
2. HDFC
3. UTI=>became Axis bank (2007)
4. IDBI
5. Indus
6. DCB
All of above running successfully, so that gives us positive
arguments- that not all private entities are seamstress. in fact,
ICICI, HDFC, Axis = top banks of India, even have presences
abroad, employ lakhs of people. Hence no harm in giving bank
licences to private players.
4 closed down
Bankmerged
withwhy?
Global
Trust
Bank
Oriental
bank of
Commerce
recall Ketan Parekh- he took money from
Madhupura cooperative Bank, Abad and used it to
run scam in Sharemarket. Same Ketan had also
taken some money from Global Trust bank also=>
news stories =>junta panics and runs to take out all
money=> business collapsed.
Bank of
Punjab
Centurion
bank
loss making. hardly any depositors and loan
takers, couldnt stand in competition against SBI,
ICICI, BoB etc.
Centurion
bankHDFC same as above
Times
BankHDFC same as above
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These four #EPICFAIL banks give us the negative arguments
that private companies must not be given bank licences. Because
they can also close down like t^hese, creating panic among the
clients, blood pressure, heart attacks and suicides.
Anyways, moving on
Narsimhan Committee II (1998)
1. Introduce Voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) in public sector
banks.
2. Legal reforms for loan recovery. =>SARFAESI 2002
3. Computerization, electronic fund transfer, legal framework
4. Payment and Settlement Act=>Retail (ECS, NEFT, Card) +
Wholesale (RTGS)
5. Continue allowing entry of private banks and foreign banks.
New Bank licences 2nd round (2001)
2001: applications invited
2003-04: winners launch banks.
From the earlier #EPICFAIL of those four banks, RBI also learned
lesson.
This time RBI gave licence only two strongest contenders:
1. Kotak Mahindra
2. Yes Bank
New Bank licences 3rd Round (2013-14)
2010: Finance minister says we need to give more licences.
2013, February: RBI invites applications with following
conditions:
Conditions/guidelines for new bank licence application:
1. must include class 10-12-college marksheet, school leaving
certificate and three passport sized photos
2. 10 years successful work-ex (=Fit and proper criteria)
3. minimum capital Rs.5 billion
4. Will have to get shares listed on stock exchange within three
years, bring down voting rights to 15% within 12 years. why?
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say Anil Ambani gets licence, in the beginning hed have
~100% ownership and decision making. But in the long run
such one man game show = not good in banking sector. So
hell have to get the shares listed within three years.
once shares are listed, junta starts buying those shares= they
elect the board of directors (BoD) and then BoD makes policy
decisions of the bank, appoints CEO and top executives and
so on.
By 15 years, Anil should sell majority of his shares to junta- so
that he holds barely ~40% or less of the bank shares = he
cannot have lot of say in banks decision making = bank
doesnt run according to his whims and fancies =rational
decision making.
Anyways moving on to the rules
5. foreign shareholding must not be more than 49% (for the first
five years)
6. 50% of the directors should be independent (=not chosen by
majority shareholder e.g. Anil)
7. Such bank must not invest in shares/bonds of its parent group
(e.g. Anils telecom/electricity business)
8. must have viable business plan
9. must open atleast 25% branches in the unbanked rural areas.
(as per latest census there are ~10000 such places)
10. Have to comply with PSL (priority sector lending) norms.
Many other technical rules but for descriptive/interview answer-
above 9-points sufficient.
Total 26 applied, including Anil Ambani, Birla, Bajaj, Tata,
Muthoot, Indian post.
later two left (TATA, Videocon)
+ one came (KC Land and finance ltd.)
Thus 25 left.
Bimal Jalan Committee
Now Rajan had to decide winners among those 25 applicants.
Sep 2013: Rajan sets up RBI High level advisory Committee to
process those applications.
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Bimal Jalan (Chairman) Former RBI governor
Usha Thorat Ex-RBI Deputy Governor
C B Bhave Ex-Sebi chairman
Nachiket Mor RBI board member
Important: Bharatiya Mahila Bank also launched in Sep13 (but its
public sector bank, has nothing to do with this third round of
Bank licences or Bimal Jalan Committee)
Anyways, moving on
November
2013Bimal first meeting
February
2014Bimal submits report
March 2014Rajan fears Election commissions model code of conduct,
seeks their approval.
31st March EC gives approval
2st April Two winners announced. (Bandhan Microfinance and IDFC)
Bandhan Microfinance and IDFC
Bandhan MicrofinanceIDFC (Infrastructure Development and
Financial Corporation)
West Bengal Mumbai
Micro-finance company infrastructure finance company
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh Rajiv Lall
net worth 1100 Cr., 45%
branches in rural areas
net worth 21000 cr., but rural presence
low.
These two are given only in-principle approval. Meaning
In principle approval
Within 18 months
must get net worth Rs.1000 crore
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Must open 25% branches in unbanked rural areas.
once they fulfill above conditions, RBI will give them licence
under Banking Regulation Act, 1949 [Sec.22(1)]
Once they get licence under BRA, then we can open current
account, savings account etc.
RBI has also prohibited the promoters (Ghosh and Lall) to hold
CEO position in their respective banks. This is meant to prevent
conflict of interest. Because in past, Global Trust banks CEO
Ramesh Gelli was accused of involved in Ketan Parekh scam.
Curiously though Yes Banks promoter Rana Kapoor enjoys both
MD and CEO position in his bank!
India post
For Indian postal department, Bimal Jalan said RBI should
consult separately with government and give licence if
necessary.
Kumar Mangalam Birlas name involved in Coal block scam,
Anil Ambani in 2G case, hence licence not given.
What is Differential licences?
Total 25 applied, but only two won so what about the remaining
23 contenders? Will they get any consolation prize? Yes.
Rajan said they can later apply for Differential bank licences.
Differential bank licences = for opening payment banks,
wholesale banks etc (whore not full banks like SBI, PNB etc.)
for more on these differential banks read following articles on
Nachiket Committee:
1. Wholesale Banks
2. Payment Banks
New Private banks: Pro and Against arguments
Anti arguments Pro arguments
Existing banks not sufficient for 100%
financial inclusion.
only one in two Indians have bank
account
Only one in seven Indians gets loan from
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There is no need for
additional private banks,
existing banks sufficient.
banks (others have to rely on the evil
money lenders who charge 36%
compound interest rate!)
As per Census 2011
Only 67% of Urban households getting
banking services.
Only 54% Rural households getting
banking services.
well in that case, government
should launch some Rajiv
Gandhi scheme to open
bank accounts for everyone,
there is no need to get new
private banks! Besides,
these two (Bandhan and
IDFC) are too small to be
any relevant in financial
inclusion.
Throwing sakaari money, subsidies and
schemes to solve every problem = bad
idea. Business has to become vibrant
by itself.
It is true both Bandhan and IDFC are
mosquitos compared to elephants like
SBI and ICICI but every maestro was an
amateur someday.
As per your own table,
Bandhan already has 45% of
her branches in rural area as
microfinance company, then
why do they need bank
licence? Theyre already
doing financial inclusion!
as a Microfinance company, Bandhan
cannot open savings account / current
account etc (Because they dont have
bank licence)
as a result, such microfinance
companies have to borrow money from
other banks, NABARD etc @12-15%
interest + have to maintain profit
margin=> they give loans to poor people
yes, but at 23-25% interest rate.
but if same Microfinance company was
given bank licencee, they can accept
publics deposit money under savings
account ~4% interest, fixed deposit
~9% interest => cheaper way to arrange
loan money. can give loans to poors at
reasonable rate like 10-15%
In the first round, ten banks
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were given licence, four of
them closed down..private
sector cannot compete with
existing giants. They try to
take shortcuts, hence all the
scams.
The same licensing round gave us giants
like ICICI, Axis bank and HDFC. It is wrong
to think every private player is out there only
to bully, loot and steal.
The same ICICI Bank, HDFC
Bank and Axis Bank were
caught violating KYC norms
and doing money laundering
case in the Cobra post sting
operation.
RBI has taken quick and firm action against
those three banks. And the inquiry revealed
it wasnt the mass scale organized money
laundering operation but irregularity on part
of certain branch managers to overcome
the targets.
These two small players
cannot even afford to launch
all India ATM network, forget
about opening branch
offices.
They dont need to open ATMs anyways,
because of the White label ATM scheme.
RBI should gave given
licences to more applicants,
like they did in the 90s (ten
licences).
In the early 90s, all nationalized banks were
heading towards #EPICFAIL, so to correct
the course, RBI had to get in more players to
breed competition. Same is not the case
today- two new banks are good enough. If
Rajan gave licence to 15-20 applicants at
once => too much competition => predatory
pricing like in aviation industry => smaller
players will be wiped out.
Public sector banks are
already bleeding because of
the heavy marketing and
teaser rates offered by
Private banks. Two more
such banks will increase the
misery of the public sector
banks.
In the end, Business is all about the survival
of the fittest. Public sector banks and their
trade unions should learn to perform or
perish. Customer deserves better services.
Just to make life easier for sarkaari banks,
we must not prevent the entry of private
sector.
Rajans American ideas of
free market, wholesale
banks, differential licenses
Just two new banks cannot create Subprime
crisis. RBI is much more vigilant and strict
than their American counter part US feds. It
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etc. will ruin Indian banking
sector and Economy. What
works in USA need not
automatically work in India as
well. This will lead to
subprime crisis like disaster.
is wrong to assume that Rajan comes from
America so he is automatically an evil
capitalist, and all the hushiyaari
(smartness) is with Newspaper columnists in
The***** only.
More pro-con arguments can be added, post them in comments
below!
Bharatiya Mahila Bank (2013)
This has nothing to do with Bimal Jalan Committee or third round
of private bank licences. But to confuse you in MCQs, the
examiner will deliberately include some facts related to Mahila
bank. Therefore, you must know the basics:
Budget 2013: Chindu announced to open this bank with 1000
crore Rs. (=100% State Owned / public sector bank.)
Keep in mind, Chindu also setup Nirbhaya fund for women
security initiatives. But thats separate 1000 crore fund and this
is separate 1000 crore bank. (tricky MCQ)
Concept is not new: Pakistan and Tanzania already setup
such banks in past.
MBN Rao Panel prepared blue print (he was chief of Canara
bank)
Sept. 2013: licence given
November 2013: bank launched on Indira Gandhis bday.
HQ= Delhi but since assembly election was going on, hence to
follow the model code of conduct, they launched the bank from
Mumbai
How is it a Mahila Bank?
Boss Usha Anantha-Subramanian =woman
Board of Directors=all women.
but staff = male + female
mid-level staff from BoB, PNB on deputation= male + female.
Customers (Depositors) = male + female. (no distinction among
them, both get same interest rate on their savings account / FD
etc.)
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BUT Loan giving => predominantly to women.
Women entrepreneurs can get loans up to Rs 1 crore without
collateral (meaning they dont have to mortgage their
house/factory/jewellary)
kitchen loans, education loans, small home-based catering
businesses
Projects for Skill development, financial literacy among women.
hence the name Mahila Bank- because itll predominantly
cater the credit needs of women entrepreneurs and Self help
groups.
Business plan of Mahila Bank?
1. By March 2014: 25 branches in capitals/major cities of India
2. 25% branches in unbanked rural areas.
3. By 2020: 700+ branches; 60k cr business
Software
as such most desi banks use finacle core-banking software
designed by Infosys
But this Mahila bank got Core Banking Software by FIS
(American Co.)
( y^a this type of GK essential for IT-graduates for the bank
interview stage.)
Why Mahila Bank is mere publicity stunt?
(Interview Q.) Bharatiya Mahila Bank is a mere symbolic exercise
for feel good publicity. Do you agree? Yes/No and Why?
I already mentioned the Positive points 1 cr. loan without collateral,
skill development for women etc.
But in Group discussion/ interview, you need to be aware of the
negative points as well, in case the other party decides to play
Devils advocate.
Mahila Bank is mere tokenism, without substance because:
1. SBI, PNB, BoB better suited, they have pan-India presence
including in rural areas. Govt. already majority shareholder.
Could have launched the 1 crore without collateral scheme
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without Mahila Bank.
2. 25% rural branching: duplication of effort.
3. In the first phase focus on state capitals and UT = real need of
women financial inclusion is in rural areas and not those big
cities.
4. Mid-level executives all imported from BoB, PNB etc. such
deputed staff usually dont have or motivation to put their blood
and sweat in making this new bank successful. Their loyalty
remains with their own parent bank only.
5. Theyre offering 4.5%/5% interest rate on savings account but
pan India presence necessary, otherwise customers wont feel
attracted. Besides private banks like Kotak already offering 6%
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Sir, aapka last 74 page show kar raha hai..but mene dekha tha ki aapka
article 2009 ka bhi tha but aap woh nahi hai..kiya woh page delete kar diya
gaya hai kiya..can i have access to those page..
Manu
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but aap wo nahi hai Bhai yakeen maan ye wahi hai.
Ajay
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sorry frnd, typo mistake but aab woh page nahi hai but
gud catch..sry Mrunal sir too..
Sir, aapka last 74 page show kar raha hai..but mene
dekha tha ki aapka article 2009 ka bhi tha but but aab
woh page nahi hai..kiya woh page delete kar diya gaya
hai kiya..can i have access to those pagemujhe isse
acha best guidance kahi nahi milega
prateek
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AWESOME ARTICLE BY MRUNAL
VIVEK
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kudos to you.mrunal sir!!!!!. Sir, if possible in near future, plz throw some
light on IMF reform & Environmental impact assessment topic. plz sir.
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sushant
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sir thank u for this timely articleplz do environment impact
assessment and imf reform
Manu
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Thank you soo much.Plz keep posting articles related to upcoming SBI
exam.
God Bless u :)
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Sir Science & Tech plsHindu
Aman
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Sir ji .Person in News ,Awardsetc SSC CGL Re-Exam ke liye Post
karoge kya ?
Aman
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Sir ji reply plz
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Mrunal pls tell sir ..ab to Admit Card bhi aa gyi :(
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Thanx for nice article.
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good onvery informative
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thanks mrunal
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Sir kindly provide the study plan for Prelims Paper II as youve provided for
the SSC CGL. Please sir kindly provide something for this paper.
ashutosh
I cannot see the admit card for re exam of CGL 2013 on SSC-NR website
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SIR, its really good to learn from you but now-a-days i am experiencing
some spelling and word-mixing mistakes. i am feeling ashamed to say it but i
am a real devotee of you and cannot hear any wrong words about you from
anyone. so i am informing you.
please forgive me if it does hurt you.
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Sir ur articles on aptitude are very interesting and helpful ..please add some
more in between.
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thank for the article sir.
pankaj prajapati
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Thanks alot to provide such article new vision that help to our civil cervices
exam preparation
Aman
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Northern Region -Delhi Admit Card uploaded on Website
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thank you so much
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Thanks alot sir to provide such article new vision on time that help to our
civil cervices exam preparation
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Sir i cannot find your previous articles of economy like Article on IIP and
inflation:cost push-meaning,reasons,solutions and csat mock questions and
etc etcPls find me a solutionalso i need bottom to up economy
archives sir pls help me out.
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Ya, me too looking for old pages..Mrunal sir pls help..
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Some one please tell me the difference between government companies
and public sector undertakings..
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sir can u plz upload the study plan for sbi po exam.
i need ur guidance especially in essay section.
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