As the RBI considers issuing new cooperative bank licences after a 22-year pause, the real question is whether India needs more banks at all or better banks.
Alpana Killawala
June 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM IST
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The import-duty increase from 6% to 15% is being sold as a balance-of-payments measure. It is also a transfer instrument, from jewellers to gold-loan lenders.
Dev Chandrasekhar
May 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM IST
