Weekly Round - up of Economy and Finance | Ep.22
Continuing the privatisation of profit-making banks, the Union Government is going to lift the 10% cap on private shareholding in PSBs. This is happening at a time when the economists close to the government are advocating for privatisation of psbs except the State Bank of India. In other news, India is set to take over China and become the most populous country in the world in 2023. Here is your weekly round up of Economy and Finance...Listen Up!Links from the podcast: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/centre-may-undo-10-shareholding-threshold-in-psbs-to-let-pe-firms-own-more-122071000404_1.htmlhttps://www.cenfa.org/why-talk-of-privatisation-when-public-sector-banks-are-doing-excellent/ https://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/privatise-all-psbs-except-sbi-for-now-says-report-8025676/lite/https://twitter.com/ncaer/status/1546820635996737536 https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1793829https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/start-up-slowdown-122071000495_1.htmlhttps://www.thehindu.com/business/startups-in-india-brace-up-for-long-and-bitter-winter/article65624269.ecehttps://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/the-worst-for-indian-startups-is-yet-to-come-be-prepared-for-layoffs-unicorn-slowdown-and-startup-shutdowns-in-2022/articleshow/91681195.cmshttps://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/india-news-is-entrepreneurship-a-viable-alternative-to-jobs/305416https://indianexpress.com/article/world/un-projects-world-population-will-reach-8-billion-on-nov-15-8024001/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sonalde-desai-writes-india-2023-challenge-opportunity-most-populous-country-8022907/https://theprint.in/india/yogi-adityanath-wants-balance-after-un-predicts-indias-population-will-surpass-chinas/1035276/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/muslim-overpopulation-myth/545318/https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202207/1269958.shtml