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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…
By Arun Maira |
For two decades, business executives have been chasing the ball to produce more shareholder value and create higher…
By Ajit Ranade |
Economic reforms must urgently address these twin challenges: that the country’s demographic ratio has peaked and the…
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It is not at all clear as to how enmeshing the Railway Budget and discontinuing plan and non-plan expenditure would…
By Usha Thorat |
Last year the Budget used CSO’s advance estimate that is not yet available for 2017-18. Moreover, the CSO has revised…
The long term impacts of demonetisation are sugarcoated with many ifs here. Such an analysis, claims and statements are…
By Vappala Balachandran |
The demonetisation, however laudable its objective might have been, has “left out” millions of migratory labour, daily…
By Arun Maira |
A good ‘industrial policy’ for an economy must be an ongoing process of systematic stakeholder collaboration, to…
