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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.…
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 Saugata Bhattacharya |
Under the given circumstances, both domestic and global, the Budget was the best possible. It has opted for a capex…
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…
The perception that the predominance of cash in the economy makes it possible for the people to evade their taxes does…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
In line with our expectations, the Union Budget-2017-18 has focused on active economic stabilisation, given the…
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…
Given that consumption is down, small and medium enterprises are impacted by a shortage of cash in the economy and the…
By Ajit Ranade |
A slew of financial sector measures can be announced, which will lead to the deepening of the sector. Bank…
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of transmission of repo rate…