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By Kiran Desai |
It is evident that the ruling party is on uncertain ground as it prepares for the coming general election later this…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Nitin Gadkari is in the news. The former BJP President and the minister (Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There was a time when 2020 was far away, and the nation could write a grand vision statement of the new and liberalised…
By Ajit Ranade |
The year began with great optimism about economic growth. The previous year i.e. 2017 had concluded with actual growth…
By Y.V. Reddy |
The Balance of Payments crisis in 1991 prompted economic reforms in India. The reforms included fiscal stabilisation,…
By M A Kalam |
If the American national, John Allen Chau, has been killed in the North Sentinel island, in the Andaman and Nicobar…
By Ajit Ranade |
The inflation reported for the month of October was 3.1 per cent, the lowest in the last one year. This was a big…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There is merit in the argument that the Reserve Bank of India is not a free bird. An elected political leadership that…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
As the RBI and the government prepare for a crucial meeting of the RBI board on November 19, the discussions have…
By Vappala Balachandran |
How do we prevent a situation like the present implosion within the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)? Till the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Reserve Bank of India was set up twelve years before India’s independence. In the eight decades of its existence it…
By Kiran Desai |
Gujarat has again captured the attention of the entire country for the wrong reasons. The assault and harassment of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Under Kochhar, the bank consolidated, but its DNA of aggressive growth took over and problems were back soon. In 2018,…
By Thomas Isaac |
Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Manthri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), described by many as the largest social health insurance…
By Martin Macwan |
‘Dalit’ is a popular identity in India as it is in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other parts of the world. Further, ‘…