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By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The MPC has many reasons for which it has offered a rate cut. First, observed inflation and inflation outlook measured…
By Vappala Balachandran |
US President Donald Trump’s remarks on June 22 during Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the White House…
By Aseem Shrivastava |
A year when the country celebrates the Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary offers us a timely opportunity to consider his…
By Ajit Ranade |
The title of this column is actually a very fertile and active area of research in the economics and finance academic…
By Indira Hirway |
Looking at the present conditions in India, anybody would expect the budget to address the most critical problems of…
By Ajit Ranade |
In the next five years India aims to become a five trillion dollar economy. It’s a nice round number, although the word…
By Ajit Ranade |
The interim budget in February gave a substantial stimulus to the taxpayer. Almost three crore taxpayers moved out of…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
The revenue arithmetic of the Budget is quite conservative. Factoring in the protracted slow-down phase and a shortfall…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
As per the empirical exercise set out in the Economic Survey of Government of India 2018-19, the Indian economy will…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This is not a big bang budget. Nor is it particularly bold though the government says it is walking towards the vision…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s telecom revolution has earned the world’s admiration. At one stage,it was the fastest growing, lowest cost…
By Ganesh N Devy |
It was the remarkable foresight of the makers of the Indian Constitution that they thought of creating a dedicated…
By Hormuz P. Mama |
It was on 17 April last that Jet Airways had run out of funds, and its operations had come to a grinding halt. Jet, a…
The rate cut last week by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is unparalleled in the monetary policy history of the RBI…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Finance Minister will present her maiden Union Budget on July 5. She has asked all citizens to send their inputs,…