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By Ajit Ranade |
The inflation reported for the month of October was 3.1 per cent, the lowest in the last one year. This was a big…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
When UPA-II under Dr. Singh lost to Narendra Modi’s BJP, Dr. Singh lost only his job but it was the Congress that lost…
The crucial Nov.19 board meeting of the RBI, which threatened at one point to be an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation,…
By Ajit Ranade |
The institutional autonomy and independence of the RBI is very important for its credibility and reputation. The latter…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
We see an unending bout of meaningless growling that sucks out all energy from public debate, reducing everyday…
By M A Kalam |
Do celebrities have proprietary rights over a country and should they use the love of their fans and the popularity of…
By Ajit Ranade |
The midterm elections in the United States are a significant barometer of the voters’ perception on the President’s…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Over the last few years, there have been demands for the use of the RBI’s internal reserves for fiscal purposes, like…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This is the season of the RBI being looked at and studied threadbare as the central bank hits the headlines like never…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There is merit in the argument that the Reserve Bank of India is not a free bird. An elected political leadership that…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
As the RBI and the government prepare for a crucial meeting of the RBI board on November 19, the discussions have…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There has been much discussion around zombie firms and zombie lending in recent times. In India, the term has been…
By Vappala Balachandran |
How do we prevent a situation like the present implosion within the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)? Till the…
By Ajit Ranade |
Two years ago, a visibly angry Finance Minister, responding to the Reserve Bank of India’s inaction on reducing…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Reserve Bank of India was set up twelve years before India’s independence. In the eight decades of its existence it…