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What Does RBI's Financial Stability Report Reveal? | Mint Primer | Mint

RBI’s Financial Stability Report (FSR) reveals the gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio has been gradually trending downwards from 9.3% in September 2019 to a seven-year low at 5.0% in September 2022, while net non-performing assets have dropped to a 10-year low of 1.3% of total assets. The stress tests in RBI’s Financial Stability Report showed that banks are capable of absorbing shocks even under adverse situations. Let's do an in-depth analysis of the report to determine its trend, the policy actions that have been helpful, and what can be done to make things even better.

5 Feb 2023
Companies

Alcohol firms are the unlikely victims of farm loan waiver

State governments are expected to hike taxes on liquorone of the top three revenue sourcesas they need to plug the fiscal hole arising from bearing the burden of farm loan waivers

1 min read3 Jan 2019
Politics

Railways on the right track in states with JV projects

The maximum number of projects are from Haryana, followed by Gujarat and Kerala

2 min read18 Oct 2018
Politics

Delhi, West Bengal among four states yet to give nod to Modicare

Eight states and four Union territories have already signed the MoUs for the health mission, dubbed Modicare, which is the world's largest health insurance scheme and is expected to be rolled out soon

1 min read12 Jun 2018
Politics

How BJP+ went from 65 seats to 88 seats in Rajya Sabha in 4 years

The BJP's fast-expanding electoral footprint in the country has helped increase its share of Rajya Sabha seats from 27% in 2014 to 36% now

1 min read26 Mar 2018
Politics

100% authentication success rate not possible under Aadhaar, UIDAI chief tells SC

UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told the SC that while a 100% authentication success rate under Aadhaar was not possible, the law governing it took care of the same

2 min read23 Mar 2018
Politics

Aadhaar: States have destroyed their copy of biometric data, says UIDAI CEO

UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey's statement comes at a time when UIDAI is trying to address concerns over the security and privacy of Aadhaar biometric data held by state governments

1 min read16 Mar 2018
Politics

What are governments spending their budget money on?

The matrix below shows where the Union government and 31 state governments spent in 2015-16

1 min read30 Jan 2018
Opinion

Artistic freedom

The Indian state has always been ambiguous about the freedom of artistic expression

1 min read18 Jan 2018
Opinion

State capacity freed is state capacity built

Almost all of India's governance problems can find links to the lack of manpower in state services

4 min read12 Dec 2017
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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