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At the same time, it had emerged as a large employer, and a debate had ensued about the nationalization of the banking industry. [32] Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, expressed the intention of the Government of India in the annual conference of the All India Congress Meeting in a paper entitled Stray thoughts on Bank ...
Furthermore, there was a great resentment against class banking in India, which had left the poor (the majority population) unbanked. [2] After becoming Prime Minister, Gandhi expressed the intention of nationalising the banks in a paper titled, "Stray thoughts on Bank Nationalisation" in order to alleviate poverty. [3]
Nationalization may produce other effects, such as reducing competition in the marketplace, which in turn reduces incentives to innovation and maintains high prices. In the short run, nationalization can provide a larger revenue stream for government but may cause that industry to falter depending on the motivations of the nationalizing party. [9]
1969 Nationalization of 14 Indian banks. 1972 Nationalisation and restructuring of 107 insurance companies under the General Insurance Corporation of India. [27] 1973 Coal industry under Coal India Limited and the oil and gas industry under the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. [28] 1980 Another six banks nationalized.
Several major news organizations are reporting that about ten of the 19 banks that have gone through government "stress tests" will have to raise capital. Most analysts already believe that ...
The share of the bank sector held by the public banks continued to grow through the 1980s, and by 1991 public sector banks accounted for 90% of the banking sector. A year later, in March, 1992, the combined total of branches held by public sector banks was 60,646 across India, and deposits accounted for ₹1,10,000 crore.
The Bank Nationalisation Case, also called Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1, is a 1948 decision of the High Court of Australia (upheld on appeal to the Privy Council) that invalidated Chiefley government legislation that attempted to nationalise the private banking sector.
The biggest U.S. banks stand to become even more powerful in the wake of the banking crisis — whereas regional banks could lose their foothold. Why the biggest banks 'could be natural ...