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  • 4/19/2014 [Economy] New Bank Licences: Bandhan, IDFC, Bharatiya Mahila Bank; Differential Bank licences, Bimal Jalan Committee, Narsimhan Committee; ar

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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

    SEARCH B4 ASKING!

    Search

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    RELEASED!

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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

    Central Police Forces

    Topper Ashok Singh...

    MANU { ashok sir is very

    friendly n helpful.... }

    [Interview] Central Police

    Forces Topper Ashok

    Singh...

    PAULDOMINIK { u dont

    hav to send it.u have to

    bring it at the time of pet

    and they will collect it }

    [CAPF] UPSC declares

    Written Result of

    Assistant...

    MUKESH { @an eternal

    optimist i hope it helps

    man! } [SSC] 2014's Tier-

    1 postponed due to

    Election...

    PANKAJ PRAJAPATI {

    thanks } [Mains

    Answerkey] GS1-

    Geography-2013 (part 2/3):

    Cyclone naming,...

    JUDE_LUCY { dig-boy-

    1901-indian oil

    company(from assam oil

    company ltd.) refinery is in

    loss cuz of lack of raw

    material, i.e, production

    not sufficient.

    technologically, refinery is

    top... } [Current] April-

    Week1-P2: Environment,

    Polity, Culture: IPCC

    Latest...

    AMIT { my father n mother

    both r group c employee

    and their yearly gross

    salary is around 9 lakh...

    do i come in creamy

    layer??? } [Interview]

    Central Police Forces

    Topper Ashok Singh...

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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

    AMIT { anyone from ranjit

    nagar(new delhi)...need

    company for prepairing

    capf2013_pet... }

    [CAPF] UPSC declares

    Written Result of

    Assistant...

    JUDE_LUCY { and it

    doesn't fades away like

    stickers of product i.d,

    windows key,logo etc. on

    your laptop fades. }

    [Current] April-Week1-P1:

    Economy-Monetary Policy

    update,GI Tagging for...

    ANUPAMA SINGH {

    asking about

    preference..... } [IBPS]

    finally Result of both Bank

    PO/MT...

    PRAV { dude, i would like

    to correct your

    understanding of mfn

    status(*without sounding

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    [Current] March-Week4-P2:

    Diplomacy, International

    relations- Sri Lanka...

    TANUSHREE SACHHAR

    { is it sure that age is 32

    and attempts is 6 for cse

    2014,because upsc did

    not yet issue any notice }

    Central Government

    approved Two extra

    Attempts for...

    ANUPAMA SINGH {

    coaching fees was 2500/-

    n my first preference was

    pnb....what was urs??? }

    [IBPS] finally Result of both

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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

    Government gets impatient with ^all this.

    Bank PO/MT...

    PRANAV JOSHI { mrunal

    da what is hawala scam

    of 1991 and why name of

    momin qureshi is in news

    these days(hawala

    scandal in meat!!) }

    [Economy] Current 2014

    Feb Week 1: Fiscal...

    VIPIN KUMAR CHOPRA

    { bhai ek taang me rod he,

    chal jayega kya ???? }

    [CAPF] UPSC declares

    Written Result of

    Assistant...

    Older

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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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    Ajay

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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

    Reply

    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

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    Sir ji .Person in News ,Awardsetc SSC CGL Re-Exam ke liye Post

    karoge kya ?

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    Sir ji reply plz

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    Mrunal pls tell sir ..ab to Admit Card bhi aa gyi :(

    Pratik

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    Thanx for nice article.

    chandan asthana

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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.

    Yasar

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    Sir ur articles on aptitude are very interesting and helpful ..please add some

    more in between.

    vishal kumar

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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

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    Northern Region -Delhi Admit Card uploaded on Website

    http://sscnr.net.in/newlook/Admitcard_CGLE2013_REEXAM/CheckRoll.aspx

    risha

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    thank you so much

    pankaj prajapati

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    Thanks alot sir to provide such article new vision on time that help to our

    civil cervices exam preparation

    RAJIV

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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.

    Ajay

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    Ya, me too looking for old pages..Mrunal sir pls help..

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    JIGAR

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    Some one please tell me the difference between government companies

    and public sector undertakings..

    dallu

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    ULTIMATE

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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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