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By Arun Maira |
A clutter of branded schemes with catchy acronyms will not grow more jobs. A ‘systems view’ is required to connect many…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Neither RBI's annual reports nor the six-monthly reports on forex reserves disclose any useful information on…
If one accepts IIM-A surveys, then the pressure is on the RBI to prove that its surveys are better. This is a technical…
By Usha Thorat |
It is to be expected that RBI will focus more on ensuring durable inflation closer to the target level as that is what…
By Arun Maira |
Participative and well conducted multi-stakeholder processes increase social solidarity, which makes good societies.…
The constitutional expenditure responsibility of the state governments is vast. The unsustainable finances of States…
By Usha Thorat |
RBI must distance its role as regulator/supervisor from the process to be put in place under the new Ordinance. It…
By Arun Maira |
Better livelihoods with adequate incomes for human beings along with good social security are big challenges for India’…
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India’s agriculture growth has been a cause of concern for some time now. The contribution of agriculture in India’s…
By Saugata Bhattacharya |
Under the given circumstances, both domestic and global, the Budget was the best possible. It has opted for a capex…
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It is not at all clear as to how enmeshing the Railway Budget and discontinuing plan and non-plan expenditure would…
By Usha Thorat |
Last year the Budget used CSO’s advance estimate that is not yet available for 2017-18. Moreover, the CSO has revised…
By Arun Maira |
A good ‘industrial policy’ for an economy must be an ongoing process of systematic stakeholder collaboration, to…
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of transmission of repo rate…
By Usha Thorat |
In the backdrop of an imminent Fed hike, the global uncertainty, as also the difficulties in assessing the macro –…