Islamic Banking In India Research Articles

Islamic Banking In India: Concept, Principles and Developments

Islamic Banking In India: Concept, Principles and Developments

Issues and Challenges Regarding the Islamic Banking in India

Issues and Challenges Regarding the Islamic Banking in India

An Analysis of Awareness & Prospects of Islamic Banking in India

An Analysis of Awareness & Prospects of Islamic Banking in India

Growth of Islamic banking in India: discriminant analysis approach

Islamic finance presents a new avenue as a novel alternative to the conventional financial set-up in this country. The purpose of this study is to find out the prospects of Islamic banking in India. The objectives of this study have been met by conducting a survey to elicit the responses from retail customers of both private and public sector banks in four cities of South India. The survey was carried out among both Muslims and non-Muslims to find out about the awareness levels, patronage, motivation and perception towards Islamic banking in India. The results reveal that the respondents have a favorable perception towards Islamic banking, especially from the city of Hyderabad, since it has got a lot of institutions that run courses on Islamic banking. In the current study, it is found that Islamic banking is having low level of awareness among the respondents. However, the attitude towards adoption of Islamic Banking seems encouraging, as reflected in the study. The findings of this research gain significance due to the fact that this sample represents a segment of the entire population of South India and thus, acts as a pre-cursor to a detailed study involving various other such demographic denominations. The future directions for this research could be carried out by drawing such clusters across the rest of the country. This may help to understand and get a better and broader perspective of the need for Islamic banking and hence, its prospects in India.

Critical challenges affecting Islamic banking growth in India using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

The banking sector plays a vital role in growth-supporting factor for economic growth in the world’s fastest-growing economies like India. Recently, Islamic banking has become an increasingly popular method for alleviating poverty, financial inclusion and economic development around the world. Its importance is highly needed in developing and emerging countries such as India. The main purpose of the paper is to identify and prioritize the critical impeding factors for Islamic banking growth in India. The study is conducted in two stages: the first stage involves investigating the current literature works regarding the challenges facing Islamic banking industry in India, while the second stage is based on identifying and prioritizing these challenges according to its importance in hindering Islamic banking growth by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). AHP is a multi-criterion decision making tool for organizing and analyzing decisions, based on qualitative and quantitative measures. The results show that the regulatory environmental challenge is the most significant factor among other factors in impeding the growth of Islamic banking in India followed by lack of Islamic banking experts and scholars. The third main challenge is lack of awareness for Islamic banking instruments followed by lack of standardization and the last is lack of cooperation and coordination between Islamic banking authorities. This study is considered the first one to address empirically the challenges facing Islamic banking industry in the world and particularly in India.

Islamic Banking in India: What More Needed?

In the straitjacket world of Indian banking, something as fascinating as Islamic banking is a distant dream. Nonetheless, countless advocates of Islamic banking have been trying their best over the years to propagate the concept. India has 14 percent Muslims population which is more than the Muslim population of Bangladesh, turkey, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia etc But there is no any full fledged Islamic bank currently working in this country. Reserve Bank of India and other legal institutions of India are not issuing license to banks to work as per the principles of Islamic banking. Necessary measures are, however, being taken by India Government for the same. The present study is taken to explain how Islamic banking is better for India while taking the SWOT analysis and Michael Porter’s five forces model. It also explains how Islamic bank can commence in India by suggesting necessary measure for the same.

Strategic Framework for Introduction of Islamic Banking in India

Strategic Framework for Introduction of Islamic Banking in India

Islamic Banking in India: Scope and Challenges

Islamic Banking in India: Scope and Challenges

Islamic Banking and its Legal Validity in India

Islamic banking is an emerging model of banking which is currently practiced in several countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and United Kingdom. The most intriguing aspect of Islamic banking is that it works on a purely no interest basis. Given the fact that India is a country with one of the largest Muslim populations in the world, the researchers believe it is important to understand the public awareness, acceptability and feasibility of introducing this system of banking in India. This paper primarily aims at discussing the legal viability of introducing Islamic banking in India, taking into account the current legal regime. In analyzing how forthcoming the population will be towards this banking system, a sample of the population was chosen from Pune and New Delhi and surveyed with the help of a questionnaire, leading to the inference that most people are open to the concept of interest free banking but are unwilling to accept the Islamic ideology it is derived from.

ISLAMIC BANKING IN INDIA: AN ALTERNATIVE BANKING SYSTEM

The Banking system in India and all over the world is based on the interest system. Interest bearing money is almost like the law of nature where money generates money. However, an alternative banking system called Islamic banking which prohibits charging of interest and is based on profit/loss sharing system became popular in many countries. Global Islamic banking assets attained compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 17% from 2009 to 2013 according to the World Islamic Banking Competitiveness Report 2014-2015.
 The Indian Banking system has undergone many changes in the recent past with deregulation of banking system paving way for new banks in India. However, Islamic banking which has emerged as a global phenomenon lately has not evolved as a full-fledged system in India though is it operative through the NBFC route. The research paper tries to explain the concept of Islamic banking and discusses the various financial products offered by the Islamic banks. It weighs the various pros and cons of Islamic banking in India. SWOT analysis and Porter’s Five Forces Model are used to provide a thorough analysis of feasibility and scope of Islamic banking in India.
 The paper reveals that India has a great potential for Islamic banking provided necessary changes in the regulations and guidelines are made to evolve it has an alternative system of banking. The law makers should view it from an economic point of view rather than a religious view for its successful implementation and for the welfare and upliftment of financially excluded sections of society that do not participate in conventional banking due to their religious beliefs.

Application of Islamic Economic Principles to Indian Financial Sectors: Prospects and Challenges

Economic system is the integral part of every social system. Globalized economy introduces three types of economic systems which are private, public, and mixed ownership. Despite people take part of these three systems in major countries, the frequent fi nancial crunches and questioning of reliability on conventional fi nancial system, many countries try to bring an alternative fi nancial system that can consistently work on transparency and accountability in all economic spheres. Islamic economic system is solution of such thinking due to its success and safety operations in all practicing countries.
 In Gulf Cooperation Council countries, all Islamic banks are performing triumphantly which include 25 banks. Its products and services are based on profi t loss sharing mechanisms which adhere to the principles Islamic shariah. Mudaraba, Musharaka, and Murabaha are the main instruments which are usedmostly in all fi nancial sectors. The present system of commercial banking is based on minimization of risk and maximization of profit. On the contrary, Islamic fi nancing is performed as social fi nancial system so as it is highly attracted by non -Muslim customers also for them that stands as safe and connected to real economy. Even Islamic fi nance is at adolescence stage in its growth in India, its applicability is well subjected overall the Indian fi nancial services such as mutual fund, microfi nance, non-banking financial company (NBFC) based fi nancial system, and venture capital. The recent launching of Cheraman Financial Services Limited and some movements like SBI Shariah mutual funds elevate this study to introduce an alternative system to those people who suffocate in the knot of Interest. India has approximately 175 million Muslims, they are highly to be excluded from access to banking productsand services due to absence interest free fi nancial services.
 The gap is prevailing by the lack of mediatory functions such as Islamic financial sectors and other investment institutions. The present RBI regulations such as Repo rate, statutory liquidity ratio, and cash reserve ratio, constrain to practicing Islamic banking in India. However, excessive demand and working forms such as NBFC, Non-Government Organization, and Nidhi, show the ways to applying Islamic economic system in the Indian scenario too. So, the presentstudy focuses to fi nd out feasible models for implementing Islamic economic principles and its practical products and services in India.
 It is an attempt to analyze the prospects, challenges, and drawing solutions to regulatory problems. It also illustrates basic Islamic shariah principles, the Indian financial system with reference shariah based fi nancial services. To do research, exploratory method will be used and data will be collected on secondary basis.

A study on awareness of Islamic banking in India

Islamic banking is a system which is in consonance with the value system of Islam and is governed by the principles laid down by Islamic Shariah where interest-based transactions are prohibited. The potential for growth of Islamic finance is tremendous across the world and it is gradually flourishing in India as well. The present paper is an attempt to judge the awareness level of such system in India. Moreover, the study focuses on finding out the relationship between certain demographic factors and the level of awareness with respect to Islamic banking benefits and feasibility in India. The primary data have been collected and tested by using t-statistic. The result proves that many products and concepts of Islamic banking are not known to the respondents. Significant differences have been found between bankers and non-bankers as well as Muslims and non-Muslims regarding the benefits and feasibility of Islamic banking in India.

Islamic Banking and Finance in India : Opportunities and Challenges

The current economic policies in many countries have been questioned by eminent economists and policy makers since worldwide economic down turn. The Muslim economists strongly believe that the global financial crisis is resulted from mismanagement of monetary policy and bank’s higher interest rate policy by the lack of socio economic objectives. Therefore, many secular nations find the Shariah banking system is an alternative economic mechanism for bringing economic stability in their nations. In India too, we have started many discussions for Islamic bank in the nation due to bad performance of our economy during the crisis period. The eminent economists in India suggest that Islamic bank can play a greater role in her fast moving to become an economic super power in the world. In India, Muslim population constitutes 13.4% of total population of the country and most of them keep far distance from country’s financial activities due to high domination of ‘interest ‘in our economy. Government and RBI appointed different committees to study the grasping opportunities for Islamic banking in India. But all committee advised them that opening up of Islamic baking are impossible in our current banking regulation Act of 1949. In this case, the global Islamic banking industry has to remove all its barriers to extend its operation in all over India.

Islamic Banking: Inclusion in the Indian Banking Sector

Innumerable changes have been witnessed in the Indian banking sector since last six decades. Various generations of financial sector reforms has changed the face and complexion of the Indian Banking Sector which is adopting various innovative practices with the focus on inclusive growth. Islamic banking is one such practice which is being considered in full fledged manner which otherwise has been practiced in an informal way. Islamic banking has set its foot on the path of rapid growth throughout the globe and India could not be isolated from it, looking at immense potential. The 1st Ernst & Young World Islamic Banking Competitiveness Report 2011 presented at the 18th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference stated that Islamic banking assets with commercial banks globally will reach US$1.1 trillion in 2012, a significant jump of 33% from their 2010 level of US$826 billion. The conventional banking as practiced by the Indian banking sector in its present form does stand in the way of the principles of Islamic banking which prohibits transaction on the basis of interest and operate on profit and loss based on Islamic principles. Introduction of interest free banking will require a lot of changes in the Banking Regulation Act. Innumerable changes have been witnessed in the Indian banking sector since last six decades. From nationalisation in the 60's to liberalisation in the 90's this sector has been forging ahead as a significant element of the Indian Financial System. A well developed banking system is a pre-requisite for smooth and effective functioning of any economy. The basic function of the banking sector has been mobilising savings from the surplus entities and channelising them to deficit entities for productive purposes. These functions are based on the premise of interest rates, interest being given to depositor and interest being charged by the bank for lending. An alternate to this conventional banking system is Islamic banking which prohibits transaction on the basis of interest and operate on profit and loss based on Islamic principles. Islamic banking has set its foot on the path of rapid growth throughout the globe and India could not be isolated from it, looking at immense potential. The 1st Ernst & Young World Islamic Banking Competitiveness Report 2011 presented at the 18th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference stated that Islamic banking assets with commercial banks globally will reach US$1.1 trillion in 2012, a significant jump of 33% from their 2010 level of US$826 billion. Looking at the global recognition of Islamic Banking the RBI also weighed the option of introducing Islamic banking in the main stream of the Indian banking sector and constituted a committee in 2007 to examine the issues relating to Islamic banking. This can be the appropriate time for introduction of Islamic banking in India, when world is gripped under the impact of the subprime crisis, fallout of conventional banking based on interest and interest trap. Before discussing the convergence of Islamic banking into the mainstream banking sector it would be appropriate to highlight the concept of Islamic banking. In the following discussion Islamic banking and interest free banking are used interchangeably. CONCEPT OF ISLAMIC BANKING Islamic banking is a banking practice as per the Islamic principles, prescribed in the ‗Shariah' known as ‗Fiqh al-Muamalat' (Islamic rules on transaction). The Islamic law prohibits ‗riba' which means interest in Islamic discourse. It operates on the principle of sharing both profits and risks by the borrower as well as lender. The depositor, who unlike in the conventional banking system is risk-averse, is a provider of capital and equally shares the risks with the bank who lends his funds. . The basic principle of Islamic banking is the prohibition of Riba- (Usury - or interest)

Inclusive growth in India through Islamic banking

Indian economy has been growing, but paradoxically the rate of poor people is also on the rise. The State must endeavour to establish an egalitarian society. However, most of the Indian citizens do not have access to credit. The present banking system is not conducive for protecting the interests of all sections of the population. The banking system of Islam, based on Islamic law (Shariah), has been institutionalised in many parts of the world in the last couple of decades. Islamic banking is interest-free banking system based on real asset and risks are shared between lender and borrower under the mechanisms of partnership, joint ownership, lease and sale. Money is considered only as a medium of exchange, unlike the conventional banking, where dealing in interest being a main product, implies that money is traded as a commodity. Islamic banking has the potential to uplift the vulnerable groups such as farmer and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and can fosters inclusive economic growth. Besides, there is a strong argument that interest-free finance may attract investment from the Gulf region. Finally, it provides impetus to the socialist goal envisaged by the Constitution. There are several studies including Planning Commission Report of 2008, favouring Islamic banking in India. Apart from the objections on theoretical grounds and its working, it is not possible to establish such banking system under the present legal regime. However, it seems that the recent trend in India is to promote religious law for advancing the goal of secular law. In this context, the Kerala High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Islamic finance in the case of Dr. Subramaniam Swamy vs. State of Kerala & Ors. (decided on 3rd February, 2011). An attempt has been made to demonstrate the viability of Islamic banking.