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By Ajit Ranade |
The Prime Minister in a pre-election address made the rather unexpected announcement that the three contentious farm…
By Ajit Ranade |
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the day demonetisation was sprung on the nation at merely four hours’ notice.…
By Ajit Ranade |
Profits are rising because of higher demand, and higher prices being commanded. This is true for companies across…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Pandora Papers raise a lot of issues that need serious introspection. However, one hopes that like the Panama and…
By Ajit Ranade |
It was one year ago that the three farm laws were passed rather hastily in Parliament. The laws were issued as…
By Ajit Ranade |
A nationwide survey covering 15 States has found that online education is simply not working. For the past seventeen…
By Ajit Ranade |
Seen in the light of an acute fiscal crunch, the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) is an ambitious idea. It aims to…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s 74 years of existence as a sovereign independent nation is a minor miracle. At its birth, not many outside…
By Ajit Ranade |
In 2016 the government led by Prime Minister Modi said that farmers’ in-comes would be doubled by 2022. It was meant to…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s young demography has been considered to be its structural advantage. Half the population is below the age of 27…
By Ajit Ranade |
The latest survey indicates that such conviction is ingrained among Indians, and it is for us to reinforce, and harness…
By Ajit Ranade |
Next month we will celebrate 30 years of the launch of economic reforms. On June 21, 1991 Narasimha Rao was sworn in as…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s export of goods has been clocking a healthy performance for the past three months. It has been 34, 30 and 32…
By Ajit Ranade |
The official economic data for the first quarter will be published by the end of May. Last year from October onwards…
By Ajit Ranade |
Last October, India and South Africa proposed in the World Trade Organization that intellectual property rights of…