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By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Despite some notable contrarian opinions in this regard, a majority of the analysts and market participants believed…
By Ajit Ranade |
This past week saw the near simultaneous publication of two books by senior former Central bankers. Former RBI Governor…
By Usha Thorat |
Viral Acharya argues that fiscal dominance provides the basis for a “theory of everything” that impacts financial…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Indian economy was already amidst a considerable slowdown in the pre-COVID-19 period. For example, the fiscal 2019-…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is not difficult to see that the economy is in bad shape. Most Indians know this, experience it and can feel it in…
By Ajit Ranade |
The pandemic has caused the world to go into a deep recession this year. India is no exception. The Indian economy will…
By Ajit Ranade |
Forty years ago India and China had roughly the same economic size, measured as GDP in dollars. Today China is five…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
A common thread running through external sector documents released by the RBI on June 30 is the buildup of a higher-…
By Ajit Ranade |
The border conflict in eastern Ladakh has claimed twenty brave soldiers, killed in an unimaginably brutal way. This is…
By Ajit Ranade |
The pandemic and lockdown have deeply hurt the economy. This year the world’s economy will shrink by 3 percent,…
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The first recorded instance of granting loans to peasants in medieval India dates back to the regime of Muhammad-bin-…
By Ajit Ranade |
When the national lockdown was imposed on March 24, with four hours notice, the country had less than 200 positive…
By Thomas Isaac |
The synchronisation of the responses of the Centre, the States and local governments is necessary and inevitable if the…
By Arun Maira |
JRD Tata was chairman of Tatas, India’s largest industrial conglomerate for 51 years, from 1938 to 1989. He steered the…
In the last fortnight, Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar had two meetings in quick succession…