Non-Bank Financial Companies or NBFCs have sometimes been called "shadow banks". In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we learn that NBFCs are definitely not in the shadows in India, they are in our faces 24/7. But the Non-Bank business model might just be under threat from India's old school banks.

History buffs, do check out the book

The Ring of Services: The Story of a Very Indian British Raj

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07F5Y3H1N/

Email: director@soharfilms.com

After a spate of loan defaults just before the pandemic, Indian banks were "recapitalised", which is another word for a "bailout". In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we ask - have Indian banks learnt from their past, or are they making the same mistake, just in a different way?

History buffs, do check out the book

The Licence Raj: An Economic Comedy of Errors

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0876M8HYV/

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Senior government officials have raised concerns that Indians are not depositing in their bank accounts like they used to. In this week's episode of Building Blocks of the Indian Economy we find out how the problem is not with a lack of deposits, but with a lack of jobs, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.

History buffs, do check out the book

The Ring of Services: The Story of a Very Indian British Raj

⁠https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07F5Y3H1N/⁠

Email: director@soharfilms.com