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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…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
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…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
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 Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
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…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
Apart from flagging concerns on inflation, the central theme of the minutes is the lack of transmission of repo rate…