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Senior officials are always looking for good juniors, so when the opportunity comes, they give you the responsibilities.
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Those who claim that they need cash because they are unable to pay labourers are those who are not paying minimum wages.
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In India, women are still the primary caregivers. Whether it be for children, whether it be for old people or sick people, you are the primary caregiver. No matter what position you are in.
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As demand goes down, you will see prices come down.
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After some time, my reputation preceded me each time I was given a new posting.
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I am happy to be running a public sector bank. In times of stress, most people will always have an account with us, so, to the extent that it gives stability and faith for the people and because banking is a business of trust, it is a major advantage we have.
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Until you get your reputation made, you have to work twice as hard... there is always a doubt in your superior's mind as to whether you will put family before your job.
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I have met a lot of women who are good at math.
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Even for the people in the bank into which the other banks are merging, they also have a lot of apprehension. There is always an apprehension that opportunities will go down. There are apprehensions of displacement. Many of these apprehensions are unfounded.
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Waiving debts corrupts the credit culture.
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Frankly, I have a lot of interests, and I am not all that wedded only to banking.
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Banning cash transactions over R3 lakh will allow banks to diversify their banking activities into new areas and not mundane ones.
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Some amount of support from government and regulator is required when you are looking at resolving systemic issues.
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If we want to be the banker to every Indian as we want to be, then we will have to use technology.
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If you are approachable, if you keep your line of communication open, then very often, you get to hear what you need to hear.
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We have been partners in nation-building and take our role in building the nation very proudly.
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In any merger, the biggest challenge is always integration of human resources because the people who are coming in have a lot of apprehension.
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Because SBI is so large, serving customers in India's big cities and small rural villages alike, it has a pressing need for better tools and technology to monitor lending risks.
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We underestimate our people. Given a challenge, most of our people will do it, especially the youngsters who take to technology like duck to water.
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When borrowers anticipate that politicians might cancel their loans, they stop paying.
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To tell you the truth, if you're looking at rising pretty high, then you need to find a way of taking care of these problems and not taking time off. At the end of the day, it is a very tough competition. And in a very tough competition, if you just take breaks, then it's going to become much, much more difficult.
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If you snap off people's heads and get on to a kind of a pedestal, it's more difficult for people to approach you. It's much easier if you are down there with them. They will talk to you.
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It is important to create credit absorption capacity rather than to just enhance lending targets.
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A maturing process, and growth, is always painful. You ask any teenager, they will tell you, and it's just like that for the country. We need to grow; we need to evolve.
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