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By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The monetary policy announced on April 07, 2021 has been along expected lines, on the surface. But barely below the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This week, April 7, is World Health Day, and we can expect discussions to be largely focused on the second wave of the…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In its first meeting of 2021-22, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India kept unchanged the policy…
By Ajit Ranade |
The current national minimum wage of 176 rupees per day certainly needs to be revised upward. An increase in minimum…
By Aseem Shrivastava |
I have almost come to believe in the myth of corporate liberalism. And then comes Prof. Mehta’s resignation to remind…
By Lekha Rattanani |
The brew has significance in this election as among the five poll-bound States, four are the top contributors to the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In Mumbai, there is nothing honest in the air as yet with allegations, wild and otherwise, flying thick in the wake of…
By Rashmi Sawhney |
Subhash Kapoor’s new film, Madam Chief Minister (2021) has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Although a…
By Ajit Ranade |
There seems to be a sudden epidemic of sorts, to legislate jobs for locals, in various States of India. Most recently…
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Assam’s tea industry is mostly confined to the tea supply chain's unremunerative plantation activities.
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India is one of the worst affected countries in terms of the number of detected COVID-19 cases and suspected undetected…
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There was widespread celebration as Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice President. But beyond the borders of…
By Lekha Rattanani |
Savak Sohrab Tarapore was one of India’s most outstanding career Central bankers. He joined the RBI in 1961, and rose…
By Ajit Ranade |
The third-quarter data on India's GDP showed that it has come out of the recession. The data shows a substantial…
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This column highlights the case of a lesser-known Himalayan region, the area around the hill station of Mukteshwar, and…