We are in for difficult times. Tackling the real sector by determined action to complete the implementation of stalled projects, push on infrastructure and further…
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By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
Against the backdrop of India achieving the lowest growth in the past five years in 2017-18 (FY18) and posting a sustained fall in the investment rate since 2011-12 (…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
Investment decline stems from balance sheet stress, making it particularly difficult to reverse. One of the key messages from the Survey is that raising investments is…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The true import behind today’s exercise lies in the political context and intent, given the string of electoral battles coming up this year and leading on to national…
By Ajit Ranade |
First, focus on job creation; second is agriculture and the rural economy; third is a revival of private investment spending; fourth is an impetus to exports and…
By R Gopalakrishnan |
Developing a consensus with the States and executing a national agenda is an urgent task of the Central government. Though GST is an important subject, I intuitively…
By Ajit Ranade |
This year marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the historic 73rd and 74th amendments to the constitution of India.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is wrong to regard a country’s constitution as an inert document, the renowned constitutional expert S C Kashyap once wrote.
By Haresh Jagtiani |
Should we draw comfort from the fact that in the past too, serious assaults have been attempted and made on the Supreme Court by the executive, Indira Gandhi’s…
By Satish Kumar |
Apart from one small country, Bhutan, almost every country is under the spell of this mantra. A numbers-driven growth paradigm has almost taken the place of religion…
By Ajit Ranade |
At the macro level, an economy has four drivers of growth. Think of these as a four-wheel drive.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It has been a muted start to the New Year in Mumbai, where instead of overflowing pubs, bars and restaurants, it is the demolition squad of the municipal corporation…
By Arun Maira |
The ideology of ‘privatisation’ of economies and societies has advanced so much around the world in the last 30 years that even the very concept of ‘economic reforms…
By Ghanshyam Shah |
ભારતના રાજ્યોમાં ગુજરાત ધનિક કહી શકાય. પહેલા બીજા નંબરે આવે. પણ.આરોગ્ય માં આપણે આઠમે નંબરે. 45 ટકા પાંચ વર્ષથી નીચેની ઉમરના બાળકો કુપોષણ થી પીડાય છે…