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The response to the loan waivers has been along predictable lines. A loan, after all, is meant to be paid back and the…
By Ajit Ranade |
Setting of interest rates is a key component of the monetary policy. This responsibility is now with the Monetary…
The overleveraged corporate sector, lack of better alignment of administered interest rates on small savings with…
To some extent remonetisation could take care of the slowdown in growth. However, the sustainable solution is an…
The constitutional expenditure responsibility of the state governments is vast. The unsustainable finances of States…
By Ajit Ranade |
Whatever be the reasons, the days of secure, lifetime employment with one employer are gone. Workers need to be in…
Empirical research and evidence suggest that the common base and rates across goods and services and similar rates…
The fall in headline inflation rate is not generalised. Mostly, the deceleration is food centric, caused by the…
By Usha Thorat |
RBI must distance its role as regulator/supervisor from the process to be put in place under the new Ordinance. It…
By Ajit Ranade |
The agenda of financial inclusion was to bring the financial sector, savings, loans, insurance and investments to the…
Any move to shake up lenders and their creditors from their stupor and force a special solution in a special context is…
By Ajit Ranade |
In fact, given India’s advantageous demography, the per capita burden of future taxes will be lower, since the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The initial capital cost of installing solar power has come down from around Rs.20 crore per MW a few years ago, to…
By Ajit Ranade |
Opening up and lowering barriers must continue, the Trump doctrine notwithstanding. There’s always a thin line between…
There is a poor-rich divide that is accentuated in the age of conspicuous consumption. Flashy cars, luxury apartments…