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The institution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in many ways signals a monumental change in the process of decision-making at the RBI. For the first time, the…
By DN Ghosh |
If we are to grapple with the recurring problem of non-performing assets and continue uninterruptedly with pushing social sector lending and infrastructure development,…
By Ajit Ranade |
The government announced the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) earlier this year to unearth black money in the country. It is an amnesty scheme, and allows people to…
By Ajit Ranade |
The high value note can be withdrawn gradually over a period of two years so as to cause minimal inconvenience to legitimate users. During this period, we will also see…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
This unprecedented dividend policy has gone on for three years, and is ostensibly justified on the basis of a determination made by its Board that the RBI's capital…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
A person in public life has to be a person of character exercising self-restraint all the time. Gandhiji believed in self-imposed internal ethical control as against…
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The nation continues to be subjected to an unseemly tug-of-war between the government and judiciary, taking relations between the two constitutional pillars to a new low…
By Ajit Ranade |
The key difference between advanced and emerging economies is in their educational attainment. This was the observation made recently by the visiting Deputy Prime…
By Arun Maira |
Large, formal, organised enterprises use more capital, and more energy, and less people. The thrust of policy must not be to mindlessly bring micro enterprises into…
If Dr. Urjit Patel tweaks the SLR, he will free up funds for lending but at the same time, the banks so liberated should be held to account for their performance and a…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As Dr. Raghuram Rajan prepares to return to the academia after three years at the helm of the Reserve Bank of India, he leaves behind a legacy and a notable contribution…
By DN Ghosh |
Relations between Central banks and political governments have never been easy anywhere. India is no exception. We need an appropriate forum to strike a balance between…
By Ajit Ranade |
Dr. Patel has been Deputy Governor for three and half years, and in that sense is an insider. He also chaired the committee that laid the framework for inflation…
By Martin Macwan |
There seems to be limited options for dalits in India for their ‘own’ independence. They have to create their own avenues of hope within their own segregation. As we…