Reforming the Indian Public Sector Banks: the Lessons and the Challenges [Hardcover]

Language: English. ABOUT THE BOOK: As a part of the larger economic reforms launched in India from 1991 and continuing today, the banks in the public sector (PSBs) have been subjected to continuous reforms spread over 25 years. The present book studies the whole gamut of reforms in relation to the PSBs. It documents the circumstances that triggered the reforms in 1991, the kind and the range of reforms introduced at different intervals till March 2017. The book critically examines the impact of the reforms with relevant data and authoritative references from both official and nongovernmental sources. Have the reforms helped PSBs to become healthier? What are the lessons learnt or not learnt? What are the challenges in the days to come and what needs to be done? These are the issues the book attempts to address. It is a very useful reference book for academicians, practitioners and policymakers connected with the financial sector. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: T. R. Bhat, worked in the public sector Corporation Bank from 1976 to 2009 and was a director on the board of the bank. He led Corporation Bank Officers' Organisation between 1981 and 2009 and was a senior office bearer of All India Bank Officers' Confederation from 1993 to 2009. With his intimate knowledge as an insider of the banking industry and in his capacity as the founder editor of the monthly journal of the officers' association he had been writing extensively on the reforms and the problems in the banking industry for 27 years. His other books are 'In search of an identity25 years of a bank officers' union (1998), 'Editor's Choice selected editorials of a union journal (2007), both published by CBOO and the autobiographical 'Sangharshadinda samarasyadedege' (Conflict to harmonychallenges of leading a trade union) (2015) in Kannada and published by Navakarnataka Publications P Ltd, Bangalore. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements . 7 Abstract . 9 1. Introduction . 21 Ethnic Conflict in South Asia Ethnic Conflict in Afghanistan Ethnic Conflict in Bangladesh Ethnic Conflict in Bhutan Ethnic Conflict in India Ethnic Conflict in Nepal Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka Ethnic Conflict in Maldives Notes. 2. Ethnic Conflict in Theoretical Perspective . 41 Ethnic Group Types of Ethnic Group Primary and Secondary Ethnic Group FolkCommunity and NationalityCommunity Ethnic Group Dominant Majority and Subordinate Minority Ethnic Groups Immigrant or Young and Established or Old Ethnic Groups Evaluating Ethnicity Primordialist Approach Situational/ Subjective/Instrumental Approach Ethnic Identity Ethnicity and Nationalism Ethnicity and State Ethnic Conflict Aspects of Ethnic Conflict Ethnic Conflict and Diversity Intensity of Ethnic Conflict World Wide Theorising Ethnicity Modernist Theory Marxist Theory PoliticoEconomic Approach Theory Relative Deprivation Theory Resource Competition Theory Elite Competition Theory Cultural Deprivation Theory External Factors Theory Realistic GroupConflict Theory Rational Choice Theory Theories of Ethnic Conflict Indivisible Territory Theory Security Dilemma Theory Ethnic Nepotism Theory Social Identity Theory Genetic Similarity Theory Power Transition Theory Symbolic Politics Theory Consociatational Theory The Enemy System Theory Human Needs Theory Conflict Resolution State Structuration Notes. 3. Society, State and Polity in Afghanistan . 69 Afghan Society Ethnic Composition Pashtun Other Ethnic Groups Linguistic Composition Religious Composition Afghan State Formation of Afghan State Afghanistan as a Modern State Afghanistan as a Buffer State Afghanistan as an Independent State Contemporary Afghanistan Afghan Polity Different Regimes Ahmad Shah Durrani (17471772) Timur Shah (17721793) Zaman Shah (17931800) Shah Mahmud (18001803) Shah Shoja (1803 to 1809) Shah Mahmud (18091818) Multiple Rulers.…