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By Martin Macwan |
The vulnerability of women to sexual and other violence in the context of caste has been a sorry feature of our…
By Usha Thorat |
So the long awaited policy - the first policy from a newly set up and newly constituted MPC, the first policy of the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Clearly, the rate cut at this juncture is more sentiment-driven than fundamental analysis-driven. The market, industry…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The institution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in many ways signals a monumental change in the process of…
By Ajit Ranade |
The high value note can be withdrawn gradually over a period of two years so as to cause minimal inconvenience to…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
A person in public life has to be a person of character exercising self-restraint all the time. Gandhiji believed in…
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The nation continues to be subjected to an unseemly tug-of-war between the government and judiciary, taking relations…
By Ajit Ranade |
The key difference between advanced and emerging economies is in their educational attainment. This was the observation…
By Martin Macwan |
There seems to be limited options for dalits in India for their ‘own’ independence. They have to create their own…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The policy stands out as a unique document in terms of macroeconomic developments, liquidity management, pass-through…
By Usha Thorat |
Wage inflexibility in the public sector, a high level of mandatory investments in government securities, and public…
By Arun Maira |
A popular movement against corruption, swelling in 2013, and the perception that governance had become paralyzed,…
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I must see the film “Udta Punjab” next week! I am told that the proliferation of drugs in the State is the single…
By Usha Thorat |
Any increase in bank deposits higher than credit growth, any reduction in bank borrowing from RBI on a consistent basis…
When the source of inflation originates from supply shocks, the efficacy of monetary policy is severely challenged.…