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INSIGHT MAGAZINE
CONTENTS
04
The Terrible, Horrible,
Terminal, Apocalyptic
09
Indian Bank Scam
04
The Social Mesh:
07
recent data leaks,
where do we stand?
07
Health management is
09
the biggest
12
Education inflation is
the real deal, start
wealth management
planning for it
09
15
Market Insider
03
17
Scorecard
12 12
Just the other day, when I took an The informed set of investors would
Uber for airport commute, I picked want to understand the implications
up a conversation with the cab
of FRDI Bill. FRDI stands for
driver about his saving habits.
Financial Resolution Deposit
During the course, he abruptly
Insurance but has become
asked, “Sir, I have an account with
s y n o n y m o u s
Punjab National Bank. After this with Fear Running Deep Inside. A
Nirav Modi scam, is my money safe
casual search on YouTube about
in the bank? I have heard rumors
FRDI will yield a generous 25-30
that PNB will start putting
videos full of warning in Hindi,
restrictions on withdrawals. If
Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. Most
someday, the bank closes down, videos will tell you that the crony
what will happen to my money.”
politics, shady banking and
capitalist nexus, will soon usurp
Over last few months, this has been
your money,
a typical question being raised
generally. I received calls from my
clients asking for clarification about
the safety of their money or their
friends / relatives money kept at
PNB.
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Banking fiascos are not new in Bank frauds & crisis have been part
India or elsewhere in the west. of Indian financial history for as long
Recent being PNB scam which as one remembers. Do you know
jolted the nation on the whole from the year 2017 was the 150 th
political class to labor class. One anniversary of failure of Presidency
interesting thing about PNB in Bank of Bombay (PBB)? In 1860
particular, which many of us may the British started relying hugely on
not be aware of, is that PNB was Bombay cotton markets, as
the first Indian bank to be purely supplies from the USA was on
funded with Indian capital during decline due to the civil war. In this
the British era. The bank, which had situation PBB began to issue loans
the privilege of maintaining recklessly against shares of private
accounts of Mahatma Gandhi, companies and even on just
Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur personal security. Then, as the civil
Shastri & many more distinguished war ended, the euphoria in the
personalities, is nowadays in the Indian cotton market turned to
headlines for all the wrong reasons. panic. These events lead to closure
of the bank. Fast-forward to 20th
century there were bad loan crises
in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. You
name the decade, which didn’t see
bank frauds one-way or another.
There were stock market scams in
1992 and 2001, arising out of
fraudulent banking. And now,
joining in this ever-growing list of
scams, are scandals like PNB-Nirav
Modi, Rotomac scandal, ICICi-Axis
scandal, NPA’s, etc.
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India
in
parDcular,
sDll
lags
far
behind
Privacy
concerns
must
be
adequately
other
world
superpowers
in
formulaDng
addressed
&
we
must
find
the
right
laws
to
deal
with
user
data
security
&
b a l a n c e
b e t w e e n
i n n o v a D o n
&
privacy.
India’s
tech
revoluDon
is
moving
digiDzaDon
process,
which
are
key
to
our
forward
without
the
proper
checks.
In
a
country’s
growth.
Comprehensive
data
country
like
India,
data
security
legal
privacy
laws
are
required
to
curb
ever-‐
framework
is
urgently
required
to
put
in
blossoming
scandals,
frauds
&
protect
place.
Recently,
Coinsecure,
a
Delhi-‐ country’s
digital
infrastructure.
based
cryptocurrency
exchange,
filed
an
FIR
with
Delhi
Police’s
cyber
cell
that
438
Bitcoins
worth
over
Rs
20
crore
were
stolen
from
its
wallet
server.
This
proves
that
nothing
is
secure
from
the
hands
of
hackers
not
even
the
most
modern
&
most
“so
called
secure”
enDty
called
Abhay Gupta,
Bitcoin.
SAKSHAM WEALTH Solutions P. Ltd.
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In the past 15 years, one of the Cost is important. Given our country’s
biggest shifts that have occurred in relative inflation, interest rates and
peoples’ financial goals is the craze to current account balance, it is unlikely that
send their kids abroad for higher the Indian rupee will strengthen to a level
education. It has been triggered, in that the exchange rate (against the US
recent years, by a number of factors: dollar and the pound) becomes favorable
more international exposure, severe for us, at least in the foreseeable future.
domestic competition for premium Overseas education is going to remain
Universities. expensive for rupee owners and earners
for some time to come.
Today, students from different
countries travel across the world to Some parents mostly invest in land or
other countries to pursue their higher property, hoping to sell when a need
studies. Making a career abroad not arises. However, these immovable assets
only helps them to improve their at the time of need might not fetch the
educational experiences but also amount of money one hopes for. It is risky
takes their career to new heights. to depend solely on this mode of
investment alone.
When it comes to study abroad it
seems a costly affair for parents to As with any savings goal, it's best to start
finance their children’s higher investing early. First, set your goal: Figure
education. These could be tuition out how much you may need to save for
fees, travelling expenses, hostel each child based on his/her age
accommodation, book materials fees,
health issues and much more. One must evaluate children's future
needs, and then start working on them.
Begin the process of saving and investing
early. This enables to create adequate
resources for the fulfillment of kids
desires and ambitions.
Sameer Rastogi,
SAKSHAM WEALTH Solutions P. Ltd.
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Market Insider
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