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India needs to guard against impact of financialisation in policy making: Eco Survey
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....ndia needs to guard against impact of financialisation in policy making: Eco Survey<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 31-1-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) India needs to guard against the dominance of financial markets in shaping policy and macroeconomic outcomes, a phenomenon known as 'financialisation' to achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047, the Economic Survey 2024-25 said on Friday. The con....
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....sequences of financialisation are evident in advanced economies, where it has led to unprecedented levels of public and private sector debt -- some visible to regulators and some not, it said. Economic growth in such contexts becomes overly reliant on rising asset prices to offset leverage, exacerbating inequality and asset market considerations that may overly influence public policies, particul....
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....arly regulatory ones, it added. As India strives to align its financial system with its economic aspirations Viksit Bharat by 2047, it should strive to maintain the fine balance between financial sector development and growth on the one hand and financialisation on the other, it noted. It means that the country has to chart its path with respect to its context, considering the levels of financia....
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....l savings in households, its investment needs, and levels of financial literacy, it said. Ensuring that incentives in the sector are consistent with national growth aspirations is a policy imperative, it said. The survey stressed that India's financial sector has performed well amid unfavourable geopolitical conditions. On the monetary front, system liquidity, represented by the net position un....
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....der the Liquidity Adjustment Facility, remained in surplus during October-November 2024, the survey said. The financial parameters of banks continue to be strong, reflected in improved profitability indicators. The gap between the growth of credit and deposits of SCBs has narrowed, with deposits keeping pace with loan growth. The financial sector is witnessing a moment of positive flux, with sev....
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....eral changes taking shape, it said, adding that firstly, there is a rise in the share of consumer credit in overall credit extended by banks. Between FY14 and FY24, the share of consumer credit in the total bank credit increased from 18.3 per cent to 32.4 per cent. "Secondly, there has been a rise in non-bank-based financing in recent years. Banks' share in total credit has declined from 77 per ....
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....cent in FY11 to 58 per cent in FY22. Simultaneously, there has been a rise in NBFCs and bond market financing," it said. Thirdly, it said, equity-based financing has catapulted to popularity, with IPO listings growing six times between FY13 and FY24 and India being ranked first globally in terms of the number of IPO listings in FY24. PTI DP CS DP BAL BAL<BR> News - Press release - PIB....