What CEC Rajiv Kumar plans to do after retirement

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday revealed his intention to "detoxify" himself and spend several months in solitude in the Himalayas post his retirement next month. IMAGE: Chief......

The dismal state of India's public sector banks

Foreign investors did not lap up the new SBI issue because of deeper worries about public sector banks The recent qualified institutional placement issue by State Bank of India (SBI) was......

What ails the public sector banks

Every now and then exhortations are made, including in this newspaper, that the government should further reduce its equity stake in public sector banks. The basic logic is that public sector banks......

How India can reform its public sector banks

Public sector banks face two key challenges - manpower and capital. Sadly, these are not on the agenda for reform, says Janmejaya Sinha. There is much discussion today on providing......

How to make India's public sector banks perform again

Since public sector banks are unlikely to be privatised soon, the aim has to be to make as many of them perform as is possible, says Subir Roy. Now that the banking regulator has openly expressed......