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…
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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…
By Ajit Ranade |
Around this time last year, the country was recovering from the shock of demonetisation. It created economic hardship, but it was a political success.
There has been some heated debate on the “bail-in” clause (Clause 52) of the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017, presented to the Lok Sabha…
By Itishree Pattnaik |
Much has been debated on the miracle growth of Gujarat’s agriculture, particularly after 2003-04.
By Arun Maira |
Having more independent directors of corporations, or separating the roles of chairman and CEO, and even giving more voice to small shareholders, which are the…
By Indira Hirway |
Providing productive jobs with decent earnings to all has to be a major goal of any development model.
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s modern tax reform agenda was defined by the reports of two celebrated task forces, both chaired by Vijay Kelkar.
The fifth bi- monthly monetary policy statement 2017-18 setting out the resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 6…
Weak investment demand would impede a higher growth trajectory. To top it, the predominance of consumption-led growth is a matter of serious concern in terms of…
In September 2016, with an amendment to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, almost eight decades of operations relating to monetary policy goals, frameworks, and…