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By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Much has already been written on the objectives of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) from the Chinese viewpoint. They…
By Ajit Ranade |
Forty years ago India and China had roughly the same economic size, measured as GDP in dollars. Today China is five…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
A common thread running through external sector documents released by the RBI on June 30 is the buildup of a higher-…
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Large parts of India are now implementing ‘Unlock 1.0’ as India begins to limp to a state of partial normalcy. However…
By Arun Maira |
The fundamental problem that must be solved immediately for the Indian economy to recover from the lock-down is how to…
By Ajit Ranade |
The border conflict in eastern Ladakh has claimed twenty brave soldiers, killed in an unimaginably brutal way. This is…
By Ajit Ranade |
The pandemic and lockdown have deeply hurt the economy. This year the world’s economy will shrink by 3 percent,…
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The first recorded instance of granting loans to peasants in medieval India dates back to the regime of Muhammad-bin-…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
There has been an unprecedented outflow of funds from the open-ended, closed-ended debt/fixed income schemes and hybrid…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
There is no one to lend to, since economic activity is down, and so the funds end up in the vaults of the RBI to earn…
By Arun Maira |
We need you send money into the hands of the poor. The big question is, where will the money come from?
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By the time this story attracts the attention of hassled stakeholders, the curtains on the rescue act of YES Bank would…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The MPC has done a good job in presenting an analysis of the situation arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic in a very…
By Ajit Ranade |
One of the most telling episodes in the aftermath of the failure of Yes Bank is the scramble by State governments to…