Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/revealing-indias-actual-farmer-population-7550159/ Harish Damodaran, Samridhi Agarwal write: It may be closer to 40 million than the consensus range of 100-150 million. This has great implications
Month: October 2021
What the continued distress in informal labour market says–Ishan Bakshi writes: INDIAN EXPRESS
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/what-the-continued-distress-in-informal-labour-market-says-7550204/ Ishan Bakshi writes: It points towards a continuing divergence in the fortunes of the formal and informal parts of the economy. First, that
Crime and the pandemic: The Hindu Editorial on Crime in India report by the National Crime Records Bureau – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/crime-and-the-pandemic-the-hindu-editorial-on-crime-in-india-report-by-the-national-crime-records-bureau/article36784178.ece The lockdown had a bearing on the patterns of crimes that were registered in 2020 The annual report, ‘Crime in India’, released by the
Cybersecurity firm warns of Trojan targeting accounts of popular online gaming platforms – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cybersecurity-firm-warns-of-trojan-targeting-accounts-of-popular-online-gaming-platforms/article36817587.ece?homepage=true An advanced Trojan, dubbed the BloodyStealer is being sold on darknet forums, warns Kaspersky Kaspersky researchers have discovered an advanced Trojan, dubbed the
FIDC seeks refinance mechanism for NBFCs – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/fidc-seeks-refinance-mechanism-for-nbfcs/article36817715.ece?homepage=true Further suggests arbitration should be considered a valid legal step taken for debt recovery under the ECLGS scheme. Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC)
Tax revenues on target – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/editorial/while-tax-revenues-are-buoyant-the-centre-has-met-its-fiscal-targets-due-to-realistic-budgeting/article36808716.ece?homepage=true The government’s lower borrowing plan for H2 has buoyed the bond markets – istock.com/Denis Vostrikov The government’s lower borrowing plan for H2 has
Linking cess with govt borrowing is unfair – The Hindu BusinessLine
lipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/linking-cess-with-govt-borrowing-is-unfair/article36808799.ece?homepage=true The GST Council’s inaction on petro products and cess continuing till 2026 are likely to make life difficult for consumers The outcome of
Apex court lashes out at farmers for continuing protest when the matter is sub judice – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/apex-court-lashes-out-at-farmers-for-continuing-protest-when-the-matter-is-sub-judice/article36821206.ece Nobody takes responsibility when agitation snowballs into violence causing deaths and loss to property, it said The Supreme Court on Monday lashed out
Status quo on stance but liquidity sugar rush may end | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/status-quo-on-stance-but-liquidity-sugar-rush-may-end-121100400003_1.html Withdrawal of excess liquidity is akin to taking away the training wheels from a kid’s bike. They help a kid maintain balance but
Wake up, India Inc | Business Standard Editorials
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/wake-up-india-inc-121100300908_1.html Companies should learn to deal with shareholder activism It’s been a busy season for shareholder activism in India Inc. While the Zee-Invesco slugfest has been in
Retail and MSMEs likely to see rise in slippages, say bankers | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/retail-and-msmes-likely-to-see-rise-in-slippages-say-bankers-121100400022_1.html The current level of NPAs masks the actual pain due to restructuring done under regulatory packages, both in 2020 and this year Rating
Digital health ID concerns | Business Standard Editorials
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/digital-health-id-concerns-121100300918_1.html The idea is good but govt must address privacy issues The official launch of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) started an initiative
Facebook put profit before public good ‘over and over again’: Whistleblower | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/facebook-put-profit-before-public-good-over-and-over-again-whistleblower-121100400103_1.html Frances Haugen identified as the woman who anonymously filed complaints with US law enforcement that Facebook’s own research shows how it magnifies hate
Sebi proposes sweeping changes to HNI allotment process for IPOs | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/sebi-proposes-sweeping-changes-to-hni-allotment-process-for-ipos-121100401186_1.html Also suggests changes to price discovery norms File photo: PTI The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has mulled a new approach
Call it economic recovery or not, most indicators are trending upwards | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/call-it-economic-recovery-or-not-most-indicators-are-trending-upwards-121100400296_1.html The government’s critics and loyalists are both wrong in the way they view economic data. The RBI’s all-too-frequent monetary policy reviews attract a
RBI supersedes boards of SREI companies, plans for insolvency proceedings | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/rbi-supersedes-boards-of-srei-companies-plans-for-insolvency-proceedings-121100400867_1.html RBI said it has appointed Rajneesh Sharma, ex-chief general manager of Bank of Baroda, as the administrator of the companies The Reserve Bank
Adani to triple solar power generation capacity in four years – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/adani-to-triple-solar-power-generation-capacity-in-four-years/2343629/ The overall investments, both organic and inorganic, across the entire green energy value chain would range between USD 50 and USD 70 billion.
Rs 20k crore Subordinate Debt: Govt extends scheme till March 2022 but do MSMEs need it? | The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/msme-fin-do-msmes-need-rs-20000-crore-subordinate-debt-scheme-thats-been-extended-till-march-2022/2343557/ Credit and Finance for MSMEs: The scheme’s purpose was to provide guarantee coverage for CGSSD to offer subordinate debt support with respect to
ECLGS: Govt extends emergency credit scheme till March 31 next year; here’s what MSMEs want – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/msme-fin-eclgs-what-msmes-want-this-time-with-likely-extension-of-modi-govts-emergency-credit-scheme/2340391/ Credit and Finance for MSMEs: As of September 24, 2021, over Rs. 2.86 lakh crore worth of loans were sanctioned under the scheme
Delayed payment applications filed by MSMEs near a whopping 1-lakh mark: Govt data – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/msme-eodb-applications-for-clearing-over-rs-24k-crore-worth-msme-payments-filed-since-launch-of-msme-samadhaan-portal/2342813/ Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Out of the total applications filed, only 10 per cent (9,381) applications involving Rs 1,685 crore were