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By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The MPC in its second scheduled meeting in this fiscal raised the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90%, which…
By Thomas Isaac |
The two southern States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which have a more robust public distribution system, have relatively…
By Ajit Ranade |
There is a well-known debate among economic policy makers regarding a more effi-cient way of giving government…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The April inflation number was probably a key trigger, or something more out on the horizon that caused the discomfort…
By Ajit Ranade |
The bulk of India’ electricity comes from burning coal. This coal has to go from the minefields to the electricity…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
In an off- cycle meeting on 2nd and 4th May 2022, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increased the policy repo rate (…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) earlier this month to institute a new instrument called the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In an unrelated 2018 investigation, the NPPA reported “unethical profiteering in a failed market system”, with some…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As widely expected, on the completion of the first MPC meeting for the current fiscal, the policy repo rate was kept…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The upcoming MPC resolution of April 08, 2022 assumes critical importance on many counts. This will be the first…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Russian invasion into Ukraine’s sovereign territory is very bad news for Europe-ans. It has the potential of…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Indian economy is delicately poised. Growth is picking up but a strong, durable and sustainable growth trajectory…
By Thomas Isaac |
India’s economic performance has been among the worst in the world. According to the IMF in 2020, India’s growth was…
By Ishan Chauhan |
Although the last year was largely overshadowed once again by COVID-19, one event that arguably stood out was COP26.…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. As…