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By Vappala Balachandran |
The demonetisation, however laudable its objective might have been, has “left out” millions of migratory labour, daily…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Given that consumption is down, small and medium enterprises are impacted by a shortage of cash in the economy and the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Due to the emphasis of the banking system on the cleaning up of the balance sheets, there is likelihood that the…
By Ajit Ranade |
A slew of financial sector measures can be announced, which will lead to the deepening of the sector. Bank…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of transmission of repo rate…
By Usha Thorat |
In the backdrop of an imminent Fed hike, the global uncertainty, as also the difficulties in assessing the macro –…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Instead for harping on cuts, the banking sector might be well advised to handle the complexities arising in the near…
By Aneel Karnani |
The CSR law is inherently contradictory. Without a coercive enforcement mechanism, it is unlikely that the law will…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Rarely has this 80-year-old institution been in the headlines almost daily, with questions, doubts and clarifications…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The priority now should be to restore normalcy by smoothening the process of liquidity management and more importantly…
By Ajit Ranade |
The rupee needs to soften, because measured in real effective terms, i.e. adjusting for inflation differentials, and by…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The finance minister’s statement that it will take two to three weeks to re-calibrate ATMs and that people must have…
By Ajit Ranade |
The government should have focused not just on old stock but future flow of black money generation. Hence high value…
By Usha Thorat |
If 20 per cent of old notes do not return by March 2017 to RBI, the move would have impacted Rs 300,000 crore of black…