Banking In Trouble
By the end of December 2012, 1590 branches of 42 banks and financial institutions serving J&K had Rs 60245 crore deposits as their cumulative...
Capitalizing Peace
Banks are flush with money but quite a few locals are willing to risk and invest in a place ravaged by conflict and turmoil...
A Trillion Crore Story
The J&K Bank will celebrate its platinum jubilee in 2013 and for that it is scripting a huge story, TASAVUR MUSHTAQ reports
Scripting a big...
Advancing Gold
Having a loan processed from a commercial bank can be both harassing and time consuming. But, banks have now started accepting gold as mortgage...
A golden story
The traditional gold market in Kashmir is resistant to hallmarking and transparency, leaving enough space for branded outlets and banks. An unconcerned government and...
Banking on Kashmir
The government decision to make RBI its debt banker in place of J&K Bank may have proved a blessing in disguise for the later.
They...
Banking on Kashmir: 2011
Apart from employing around 20 thousand people directly, the banks operating in J&K are the backbone of state’s surging consumer market. Their performance in...
Budget 2011-12: Structural Reforms
Structural reforms are like medical surgery. Such surgical operations have to be carried out only when they become inevitable and they always result into...
Mending ways … and means
To do away with the Rs 2300 crore overdraft the state government has entered into an agreement with RBI, appointing it as sole agent...
Priority Sector Lending: First Six Month Report
Against a target of providing Rs 2820.91 crore credit to 207941 eligible individuals across J&K in 2010-11under the priority sector lending, the banking sector...
Costly handling
The government needs to be sensitive in its handling of the only listed company of the state, and not treat it in the same...
Ousted
In a surprising move the government has ousted Dr Haseeb Drabu as chairman J&K bank without assigning any reasons. A Kashmir Life report.After 18...
Strong Bank Getting Stronger
J&K Bank defines itself as a bank with local origins, national presence and international standards of service. A relatively small bank as cpmpared to...
Partnering progress
In a panel discussion presided over by chief minister Omar Abdullah on J&K’s Economic Reconstruction through Public Private Partnership (PPP) last week, economist and...
Credit Guaranteed
J&K Bank Chairman Dr Haseeb A Drabu talked about the prospects and problems of Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme at a seminar on the issue...
