DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
28 December, 2019
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Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
Prelims and Mains focus: about CRILC, Cooperative banks and how they are different from commercial banks
News: The Reserve Bank on Friday directed large cooperative banks to report all exposures of Rs 5 crore and more to the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC), a move aimed at early recognition of financial distress.
Background
What is CRILC?
About Cooperative Banks
Difference Between Commercial Banks & Cooperative Banks |
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Cooperative Banks |
Commercial Banks |
Co-operatives banks are co-operative organisations. |
Commercial banks are joint-stock banks |
Governed by the Co-operative Societies Act as well as Banking Regulation Act |
Governed by the Banking Regulation Act |
Subject to the rules laid down by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies |
Subject to the control of the Reserve Bank of India directly |
Borrowers are member shareholders, so they have some influence on the lending policy of the banks, on account of their voting power |
Borrowers of commercial banks are only account- holders and have no voting power as such → Voting power as per shareholding |
Have not much scope of flexibility on account of the rigidities of the bye-laws of the Co-operative Societies |
Free from such rigidities |
PSL does not applies |
PSL Applies |
Do not pursue the goal of profit maximization |
Works for profit maximization |
Source: Indian Express
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