After two rounds of a hike in the policy repo rate, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced a pause. The policy repo rate, which is meant to influence and…
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By Jagdish Rattanani |
The resignation of Chanda Kochhar from ICICI Bank has come not a day too soon. Her formal exit from the bank announced on October 4 marks a sorry end to a career that…
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Contrary to widespread expectations of an increase of 25 basis points (by 50 bps by some), the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has maintained the status quo on the…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The MPC of the RBI caught almost everyone by surprise by keeping the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent in its fourth bi-monthly meeting for 2018-19 by a 5-1…
By Usha Thorat |
The change in stance from neutral to “calibrated tightening” also puts to rest any speculation about cut in rates and clearly sends the message that the pause in the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The cut in prices of petrol and diesel announced today tells us just how shaky the government feels. All around are signs of protest, anger and disenchantment at a…
By Ajit Ranade |
The right to stand for elections is neither a divine nor a human right. It is not even a fundamental right as per the Constitution of India. Hence the right to contest…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The killing of an executive by police constables in the dead of night on the streets of Lucknow has sparked outrage across the nation. Sensing the mood, police have…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting this week comes under the shadow of the massive IL&FS default that has shaken the markets, added to the current set of…
By Ajit Ranade |
September 15 this year marked the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a century old gold standard investment bank of Wall Street. Its bankruptcy had a…
By Thomas Isaac |
Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Manthri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), described by many as the largest social health insurance programme launched anywhere in the world, has been…
By Martin Macwan |
‘Dalit’ is a popular identity in India as it is in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other parts of the world. Further, ‘Dalit’ is not limited to the Hindu religion alone…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
At the root of India's failing system is a health network that has become a money-spinning racket. Anecdotal accounts of what goes on in the name of health care at…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There are two wings on which scandals of the Rafale and Bofors variety take flight. One is plain fact and the other is perception. The government has its back to the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The recent measures announced by the authorities may provide some short term relief but the sustainable solution to the problem is encouraging green field FDI and non-…