There has been deterioration in the finances of Andhra Pradesh over the last decade. The State is passing through a phase where the revenue generated is not sufficient to meet its expenditure. This creates scarcity of funds for investment in infrastructure. This paper studies the structure and...

The foreign debt burden of Sri Lankan economy has assumed utmost importance as the volume of debt has reached alarming proportions in the recent past. The debt crisis was triggered by the heavy increase in fiscal deficit. The increase in fiscal deficit was due to massive spending by the...

In the recent past, after second wave of reforms program, finances of Sri Lanka assumed utmost importance and attracted the concentration of experts, analysts, policymakers and regulatory bodies. The country has initiated reforms process to overcome the poor position of its finances. The...

The Japanese economy was seen as a role model for other emerging economies which were striving for consistent economic growth and it was all set to take over the US by the 1990s. However, Japan experienced structural problems that pushed the economy deep into stagnation. The economic growth of...

In the recent past, the ailing situation of finances of various states in India assumed utmost importance and attracted the attention of experts, analysts, policymakers and regulatory bodies. Many states initiated the reforms process to revitalize the poor condition of state finances. One such...

In a recent move, the Reserve Bank of India has approved the merger of IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India) and IDBI Bank, which will happen in the month of October 2005. It is said that the merged entity would be the fifth largest bank in India after SBI (State Bank of India), ICICI...

Ever since the economic reforms have begun in India in early ‘90s, the banking sector in India has made a tremendous progress and has come a long way since then. Unarguably, banks are the most important part of a country’s financial system. In India, till ’90s the banking sector was...

In early 90’s India saw major policy changes being made in areas of financial sector, foreign trade sector, public sector, and social sector. These policy changes or the reforms were initiated to restructure the Indian economy and pull out the economy out of the cobwebs of ‘Hindu rate of...