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The overleveraged corporate sector, lack of better alignment of administered interest rates on small savings with…
By Ajit Ranade |
Whatever be the reasons, the days of secure, lifetime employment with one employer are gone. Workers need to be in…
Empirical research and evidence suggest that the common base and rates across goods and services and similar rates…
The fall in headline inflation rate is not generalised. Mostly, the deceleration is food centric, caused by the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The agenda of financial inclusion was to bring the financial sector, savings, loans, insurance and investments to the…
By Ajit Ranade |
In fact, given India’s advantageous demography, the per capita burden of future taxes will be lower, since the…
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Electoral bonds open up yet another route to further the unholy nexus between corporate houses and political parties…
The nation has a new health policy after 14 years. The long gap itself indicates the priority, or the lack thereof,…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
My idea of The Hindvasi travels back to days I was a school kid and the paper came home but only on a Sunday, if memory…
There is a poor-rich divide that is accentuated in the age of conspicuous consumption. Flashy cars, luxury apartments…
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When the results were declared, Irom Sharmila’s eyes welled up, but she did not allow her tears to diminish her steely…
By Ajit Ranade |
For far too long the farm sector was neglected or has suffered from muddled policies and inefficient implementation.…
In India, household sector deposits made by individuals, businessmen, traders, professionals, trusts, self-help groups…
By Ajit Ranade |
Beyond GDP, the numbers on job creation are dismal. Investment growth, especially from the private sector, is stagnant…
By Ajit Ranade |
This is the first budget to have mentioned about transparency in political funding. In its fight against black money…