Draft Report of the High Level Committee on
Financial Sector Reforms headed by Dr. Raghuram Rajan

Planning Commission Government of India

COMMENTARY AND ARTICLES ON DRAFT CFSR REPORT

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Author

Source

1 Reforming the Banking Sector T T Ram Mohan   Economic and Political Weekly  
2 Committee on Financial Sector Reforms: A Critique   D M Nachane Economic and Political Weekly  
3 Beyond Melting the Pot: On the Financial Sector Blueprint   Mridul Saggar Economic and Political Weekly  
4 Macroeconomic Framework and Financial Sector Development: A Commentary   Benu Schneider Economic and Political Weekly  
5 Audited annual reports may face scrutiny   Economic Times Economic Times
6 A lot can be done on reform front in the remaining period' The Hindu The Hindu
7 Financial Sector Reform for India's Masses Nirvikar Singh RGE Monitor
8 A Business strategy approach to India's Financial Sector Reform   Nirvikar Singh RGE Monitor
9 Kerala Planning Board Vice-Chairman flays Raghuram Rajan panel recommendations   Business Standard Business Standard
10 Left unions up the ante with nationwide stir against reforms   Mint Mint
11 Financial Sector Reforms for Inclusive Growth Syed Zahid Ahmed (AICMEU) TwoCircles.net
12 How India can survive the next crises Nirvikar Singh RGE Monitor
13 Progress in emerging markets is at risk Erik Berglof and Raghuram Rajan Financial Times
14 BEFI condemns tirade against TU movement CPI-M CPI-M
15 BEFI plans people's meets Express News Service Express News Service
16

A hundred small steps

Raghuram Rajan

Business Standard

17

How to fix India’s Financial Sector

Raghuram Rajan and Eswar Prasad

Wall Street Journal

18

Reforming Delhi

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

19

Redraft the policy framework

Ila Patnaik

Financial Express

20

India’s Finance Roadmap must battle pessimism

Andy Mukherjee

Bloomberg

21

Fear of Foreigners strangles Indian Bond market

Andy Mukherjee

Bloomberg

22

Lets get moving

Business Std

Business Standard

23

Why Mr Rajan is right

The Economist

The Economist

24

GenNext financial sector reform

Mythili Bhusnurmath

Economic Times

25

Poorly timed report

The Mint

The Mint

26

Shankar Acharya: The Rajan report on finance

Shankar Acharya

Business Standard

27

Surjit S Bhalla: No appreciable impact

Surjit S Bhalla

Business Standard

28

Strong report, weak foundations

T C A Srinivasa - Raghavan

Business Standard

29

R H Patil’s Comments in DNA article ‘Markets cool to Rajan proposals

R H Patil’s comments highlighted in colour in the article

DNA

30

Dr Bimal Jalan’s comments in Mint article ‘Rajan panel moots more freedom for financial sector’

Dr Bimal Jalan’s comments highlighted in colour in the article

Mint

31

Rajan Panel could be more ambitious

Eco Times

Economic Times

32

Single market regulator still a long way off: FMC

Eco Times

Economic Times

33

Macro framework for financial reforms

Eswar Prasad

Economic Times

34

The next big step in banking reforms

Rajesh Chakrabarti

The Mint

35

Broadening access to finance

Sona Varma

Economic Times

36

Suman Bery: On dealing with external shocks

Suman Bery

Business Standard

37

Financial Sector Reforms - I

S Shivakumar

Merinews

38

100 small steps can take us far

Interview with Dr Raghuram Rajan

Economic Times

39

R Ravimohan: Resetting India’s Financial Sector

R Ravimohan

Business Standard

40

Truly Bold

The Telegraph

The Telegraph

41

Without independence, RBI can’t target inflation

Tamal Bandyopadhyay

Mint

42

Equity boom hardly enough to offset effete bond market

Economic Times

Economic Times

43

India C-bank sees supportive role in consolidation

Reuters

Reuters

44

Why an Inflation Objective?

Raghuram Rajan and Eswar Prasad

Business Standard

45

Innovation for Inclusion

Ramesh Ramanathan

Mint

46

There are so many ways controls leak

Interview with Raghuram Rajan

Business World

47

Slower Euthanasia

Business World

Business World

48

RBI view sought for local banks

Economic Times

Economic Times

49

Dissecting the Rajan Report

Nirvikar Singh

Mint

50

Subir Gokarn: Financing the Future-I

Subir Gokarn

Business Standard

51

Constrained by third world realities

Rajeev Malik

Economic Times

52

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: The perils of mono-causal prescriptions

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan

Business Standard

53

Exchange Rate Policy: The way forward

Raghuram Rajan and Eswar Prasad

Business Standard

54

Time to smell coffee

Udayan Namboodiri

The Pioneer

55

Open up and Perish

Jayshree Sengupta

The Pioneer

56

Emphasis on Principle-based Regulation

R Venkatesan

The Pioneer

57

Subir Gokarn: Financing the future-II

Subir Gokarn

Business Standard

58

Ajay Shah: Losing the Plot on Inflation

Ajay Shah

Business Standard

59

RBI cannot focus on inflation alone

Swaminathan S A Aiyer

Economic Times

60

Arvind Subramanian: Who needs Inflation Targetting?

Arvind Subramanian

Business Standard

61

Jaimini Bhagwati: Uncertain economic outcomes and humility

Jaimini Bhagwati

Business Standard

62

Ban ignores benefits reaped from markets

Financial Times

Financial Times

63

Cheque book for Chhattisgarh

Vijay Mahajan

Financial Express

64

Monetary Policy Myths

Raghuram Rajan and Eswar Prasad

Business Standard

65.

The failure of Inflation Targeting

Joseph E Stiglitz

Economic Times

66.

Should Emerging Economies like India adopt Inflation Targeting Arrangements

Tony Cavoli and Ramakishen S Rajan

RGE Monitor Asia

67.

What broad lessons can India draw from the sub-prime crises?

Raghuram Rajan

Economic Times

68.

Rajan Panel Report by September

Newspost India (Delhi meeting)

Newspost India (Delhi meeting)

69

Make Mumbai a Global Financial Hub

ThaiIndian news (Delhi meeting)

ThaiIndian news (Delhi meeting)

70.

Rajan says Inflation Targeting is the way to go

Economic Times (Mumbai Seminar)

Economic Times (Mumbai Seminar)

71.

PSBs will prove to be unequal in competition: Raghuram

Financial Express (Hyderabad Seminar)

Financial Express ( Hyderabad Seminar)

72.

Massive Farm loan waiver criticised

The Hindu (Hyderabad Seminar)

The Hindu (Hyderabad Seminar)

73.

Raghuram Rajan slams loan waiver decision

Business Standard (Hyderabad Seminar)

Business Standard (Hyderabad Seminar)

74

Indian monetary policy still loose: Economist

Financial Express (Mumbai Seminar)

Financial Express (Mumbai Seminar)

75.

Keep demand under control: Raghuram Rajan

Financial Express (Mumbai Seminar)

Financial Express (Mumbai Seminar)

76.

Economists fear move to weaken RBI, Cooperative sector

The Hindu The Hindu
77.

10% Indian growth only if Indian Financial Services expand: British Group

ThaiIndian news ThaiIndian news
78.

Transmission impossible

Ila Patnaik

The Financial Express

79

Investing overseas assume greater importance

The Economic Times The Economic Times
80.

RBI need not focus on Inflation Targeting: Y V Reddy

Economic Times Economic Times
81. Rural Loan Waiver or Moral Hazard Girish Mishra

Mainstream Weekly

82.

'A Hundred Small Steps' to Financial Sector Ruin

K V George - CPI (Marxist) CPI (Marxist)
83.

Analysing the Raghuram Rajan Committee Report on Financial Sector Reforms

Lekha Chakraborty Economic and Political Weekly