Subhash Kapoor’s new film, Madam Chief Minister (2021) has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Although a work of fiction, the film is reported to be…
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By Ajit Ranade |
There seems to be a sudden epidemic of sorts, to legislate jobs for locals, in various States of India. Most recently the State cabinet of Jharkhand approved of a policy…
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Assam’s tea industry is mostly confined to the tea supply chain's unremunerative plantation activities.
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India is one of the worst affected countries in terms of the number of detected COVID-19 cases and suspected undetected cases whose number far outweigh the former…
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There was widespread celebration as Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice President. But beyond the borders of the US, other countries, especially “developing”…
By Lekha Rattanani |
Savak Sohrab Tarapore was one of India’s most outstanding career Central bankers. He joined the RBI in 1961, and rose to become the Deputy Governor, a position he held…
By Ajit Ranade |
The third-quarter data on India's GDP showed that it has come out of the recession. The data shows a substantial increase in consumer spending by nearly 18% as compared…
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This column highlights the case of a lesser-known Himalayan region, the area around the hill station of Mukteshwar, and its plight in the face of rapid urbanisation…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The farmers agitation has grown and sustained over a long enough period of time to become the most potent and powerful challenge to the leadership of Narendra Modi and…
By Arun Maira |
Governments sometimes bury their heads in the sand, like ostriches, to avoid uncomfortable realities. The pandemic which destroyed livelihoods of millions of workers,…
By Ajit Ranade |
The very foundation of a robustly functioning democracy is a high degree of social capital and trust. Let us not jeopardise that.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The nation is sailing through very turbulent times. The ship rocks wildly these days, so much so that one may worry of a real danger of sinking in the treacherous waters…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on February 05, 2021 came against the back drop of a perceived optimism of growth revival set out in the Union…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In India, it is customary for the RBI to lend support to the Central Government’s fiscal stance and other major economic and financial announcements made in the Budget…
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The Finance Minister has ticked all the boxes except splurging direct cash and tax reductions. The direct cash transfers do have the potential of boosting consumption in…