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By Himadri Bhattacharya |
It was one of those rare events where the ex ante probability of the actual outcome was close to zero. A rate cut in…
By Arun Maira |
The power of new technologies must be used to benefit the lives of many, rather than maximise the wealth of a few
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, among other responsibilities, left the RBI towards the end of July…
By Arun Maira |
The Perfect Storm is Sebastian Junger’s riveting account of the tragic end of the best fishing vessel on the US East…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
With a 25-basis point cut in the policy repo rate by the MPC of the Reserve Bank in its fourth bi-monthly meeting this…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The reduction in the corporate tax rate and other relief announced by the government as part of a stimulus package will…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The dividend pay-out of Rs. 1,75,987 crore from the RBI to the government for 2018-19 follows a paradigm shift in the…
By Arun Maira |
The numbers are in and uncontested this time. The growth of the Indian economy, until recently celebrated as the world’…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
There has been an animated debate since August 26, 2019 on the decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to transfer…
By Arun Maira |
India wants to grow its economy to US$ 5 trillion. People want jobs and their incomes to grow. India needs its…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
That the Monetary Policy Committee will reduce the policy rate for a fourth time in a row was in no doubt. Most…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Union Finance Minister in her maiden budget speech on July 05, 2019 has made a significant announcement in…
By Arun Maira |
Objections to Greenpeace’s strategies by Extinction Rebellion (XR), the environmental movement whose supporters…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The full budget for 2019-20 presented on July 5 did not contain the kind of stuff that would fire up the financial…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
While presenting the budget the Finance Minister (FM) recognises that NBFCs play an extremely important role in…