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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…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
There has been an unprecedented outflow of funds from the open-ended, closed-ended debt/fixed income schemes and hybrid…
By Thomas Isaac |
The global economy and the national economy are facing a crisis which by scale and nature is unprecedented in modern…
By Indira Hirway |
We are witnessing a great humanitarian tragedy unfolding right in front of our eyes: large groups of hungry and jobless…
By Ajit Ranade |
What if you lose your job, but not health insurance? What if you lose your monthly income but get paid unemployment…
There have been concerns about how the Centre itself records these numbers, given that the official narrative is that…
By M A Kalam |
Covid-19 is a jolt to the way we work and live. The response, what the IMF has called “The Great Lockdown”, was a…
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In our fight against Covid-19, lockdown 1.0 lasted 21 days. Lockdown 2.0, which is now nearing the end, is for 19 days…
By Ajit Ranade |
Almost five weeks into the lockdown, it is clear that we are going to have a long hard summer. The economic hardships…
There is no one to lend to, since economic activity is down, and so the funds end up in the vaults of the RBI to earn…
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By the time this story attracts the attention of hassled stakeholders, the curtains on the rescue act of YES Bank would…