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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…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
It is barely two years since Urjit Patel took charge as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Viral Acharya, the…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
At the heart of the rift is an uneasiness and some alarm in the bureaucratic and the political circles that PCA will…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In terms of a speech, it is unprecedented in its forthrightness and signals a pushback like none other. It marks an…
By M A Kalam |
In different parts of the world, at various stages of the evolution of humanity and in various ways and to different…