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By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Clearly, in the hierarchy of preference of MPC, the need to support growth and investment ranked higher than the…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI at its last sitting for the current financial year and the first meeting…
By R Gopalakrishnan |
The Prime Minister now faces a Modi moment. India needs leadership to reach out and honestly attempt a rainbow effect…
By Saugata Bhattacharya |
The good news in this is that the synchronised global recovery and the lag in the conservative monetary policy response…
If 2017-18 is any guide, there are serious question marks on reaching the budgeted fiscal numbers for 2018-19. This has…
By K. G. Karmakar |
This visionary and reform-oriented Green Budget for 2018-19 was expected to be a populist budget in view of the looming…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Its rural and social sector proposals, the most attention-catching and hotly-debated of which is the Rs. 5 lakhs a year…
By Indira Hirway |
There is no doubt that the budget has come out with several new ideas. However, there are a few questions that need…
By Usha Thorat |
We are in for difficult times. Tackling the real sector by determined action to complete the implementation of stalled…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
Against the backdrop of India achieving the lowest growth in the past five years in 2017-18 (FY18) and posting a…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
Investment decline stems from balance sheet stress, making it particularly difficult to reverse. One of the key…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The true import behind today’s exercise lies in the political context and intent, given the string of electoral battles…