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By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
We are here because, as the RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya once put it: “Original promoters – who rarely put in any…
By Ajit Ranade |
Inequality cannot be remedied merely by depending on the goodwill and moral compulsions of the very rich. We have to…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The asking price from the builders is (artificially held) steady and some are working almost like cartels to hold on to…
By Ajit Ranade |
The comparison with Pokhran can only be stretched so far. Unlike the Pokhran test, demonetisation has affected each and…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The problems of weak balance sheet and weak capital base are the result of inefficiency and mismanagement of the PSU…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The RBI has been unable to exert itself on a crucial parameter, even when that crucial parameter impacts the way the…
By Martin Macwan |
The cases of recent violent caste-related attacks on dalit youth for sporting moustaches in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar…
By Ajit Ranade |
Can we focus on eliminating the loophole of tax shelters in direct taxes? Can we reduce the burden of indirect taxes,…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
In the above context, what matters is not really the reduction in the policy rate, which is a signal to the banking…
By Arun Maira |
India’s history is a composition of many histories. Any attempt to impose a single vision of India’s history is a fool’…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
While it is gratifying to see an obnoxious media person being caught out and go down, there is the larger and more…
By Ajit Ranade |
There is a lot to do on reforms in the process of clearances, dispute settlement, getting credit and taxation. Also,…