Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Shaktikanta Das during the RBI Central Board of Directors’
Month: February 2020
Moody’s revises India GDP forecast to 5.4 pc in 2020–Deccan Chronicle
Moody’s Investors Service on Monday revised its growth forecasts for India to 5.4 per cent for 2020 calendar year and 5.8 per cent for 2021,
DEA had red flagged possible risks over IL&FS crisis in 2018 – The Economic Times
The government is conducting resolution process of IL&FS based on the principles enunciated in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. It has appointed retired Supreme Court
A better democracy by fiat? No chance–Economic Times
The Supreme Court has directed all political parties to justify, on their websites, social media and a national newspaper and a regional newspaper, their choice
Coronavirus could damage global economic growth in 2020: IMF – The Financial Express
But the world should be concerned “about sluggish growth” impacted by uncertainty, said the IMF chief. The coronavirus epidemic could damage global economic growth this
Coronavirus: China’s response to economic shock to decide world economy’s course of action – The Financial Express
The People’s Bank of China could further cut the proportion of deposits banks must hold as reserves. The broad policy direction for many of the
Amendment to Customs Act to confuse traders | Business Standard Column
The government, through the Finance Bill, 2020 (Clause 108), has proposed to amend the Customs Act, 1962, introducing a new Chapter V AA (Section 28DA)
The unintended fallout of RBI’s loose money | Business Standard Column
When economic growth falls, the customary expectation is that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would cut interest rates. And indeed, all mainstream economists, especially
Law on temporary workers to fee on telecom towers, here’re key court orders | Business Standard Column
SC to review law on temporary workers The Supreme Court has decided to revisit the law on regularisation of temporary and daily workers as its
Why stimulus has failed to lift the economy–Times of India
India is going through its slowest three-year growth period since the Asian Financial crisis. GDP growth is now estimated at 6.1% in 2018-19, 5% in
Bad to worse [ Telecom ] | The Indian Express
Despite knowing that telcos are struggling, rather than reconsider the licence regime, and the statutory levies, the government now hopes to extract a staggering Rs
Acknowledge that Make in India has failed–Deccan Chronicle
Make in India was launched in September 2014. On his website (pmindia.gov.in), the Prime Minister explains that “since years policymakers have been debating how to
Economic slowdown hits factories hard in Coimbatore | Deccan Herald
A Unnikrishnan, 51, used to make Rs 25,000 a month till about five months ago when he ran a lathe workshop that embellished spare parts
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Amazon, Flipkart seek rollback of new tax on online sellers – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax on third-party sellers on their platforms, saying the burden of compliance will hurt the fledgling
Malls: Never mind the Internet. Here’s what’s killing malls – The Economic Times
By Austan Goolsbee It has been a tough decade for brick-and-mortar retailers, and matters seem only to be getting worse. Despite a strong consumer economy,
covid-19: Importers of Chinese goods face supply constraints, unable to pay via hawala routes – The Economic Times
MUMBAI: Brijesh Doshi, a trader based in Mumbai who deals in electronic false ceiling lights, was supposed to fly to Hong Kong this week on
insurance: Do you have enough insurance? Use this thumb rule to find out – The Economic Times
By Ajit Menon The most important question to address while creating a financial plan is that if something untoward was to happen to an earning
Budget 2020: Credit growth momentum picking up; Budget proposals not to stoke inflation: RBI chief Shaktikanta Das – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over economic slowdown, RBI chief Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said credit growth momentum is picking up and ruled out any possible spike in inflation due