The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has been in the making for several years. Hence all of it cannot be blamed purely on the pandemic or on the war in Ukraine. These two…
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By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) earlier this month to institute a new instrument called the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) as the floor in the…
By Vandana Shiva |
Sri Lanka is facing a severe political and economic crisis. The crisis has multiple roots but has intensified in the last two years with issues related to Covid, climate…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In an unrelated 2018 investigation, the NPPA reported “unethical profiteering in a failed market system”, with some material and drugs being charged by hospitals to…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As widely expected, on the completion of the first MPC meeting for the current fiscal, the policy repo rate was kept unchanged at 4%. The accommodative stance was also…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The upcoming MPC resolution of April 08, 2022 assumes critical importance on many counts. This will be the first meeting of the current fiscal after the release of the…
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It is now common knowledge that NATO’s east-ward expansion towards Russia since 1999, adding 14 more members to the existing 16 since the end of the Cold War, has been…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s export performance this year will be very impressive. The manufactured goods exports will cross 400 billion dollars, the highest ever. This is more than 40…
By Pavitra Mohan |
India ushers in World Tuberculosis day in 2022 on 24 March with mixed feelings. As the COVID pandemic (hopefully) wanes, how are we seeing the other major infection that…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
A deputy commissioner of police in Mumbai has gone missing and has now moved the courts for anticipatory bail after complaints that he sought to extort Rs. 10 lakhs a…
By Arun Maira |
Capitalism must be reformed, its critics say, to enable more equitable, socially responsible, and environmentally sustainable economic growth. The engines of free market…
By Ajit Ranade |
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia may not end abruptly though diplomatic and eco-nomic sanctions are being strongly applied. The sanctions are working as major Russian…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
One message of the BJP’s 4-1 victory in the Assembly polls is that it can turn around a poor performance and anti-incumbency with aggressive campaigning laced with doses…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
If credibility is to come to corporate governance, the pool of directors must be widened to include people from a variety of fields – we need union leaders, social…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Russian invasion into Ukraine’s sovereign territory is very bad news for Europe-ans. It has the potential of unravelling belief in what is known as the post - World…