The Central Statistics Office estimates that gross domestic product (GDP) grew, in the first, April-June, quarter at a delightful 8.2% over the like period last
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Don’t just do something, sit there | Business Standard Column
US economic policy has shifted in favour of big deficits and higher interest rates. This sucks global capital into the US. That gives stress in asset prices and exchange rates
How prone is GST to evasion? | Business Standard Column
Recently, the finance minister of a state, who was also responsible for designing the GST and is now a member of the GST Council, made a remark that some
The 8 per cent challenge – The Hindu BusinessLine
The economy is now more self-sustaining than before, but macro risks threaten the 8% target Just when the din was dying down on the NDA
IPPs to move courts seeking stay of RBI order on insolvency process – The Hindu BusinessLine
Several independent power producers are planning to individually move courts this week seeking relief from the Reserve Bank of India’s circular on the resolution of
Stressed assets: Liquidation, sale on piecemeal basis not the right strategy – NEWS – The Hindu BusinessLine
The liquidation of a company and sale of stressed assets on a piecemeal manner may not be the best way as valuations could further dip
RBI skips meet on stressed power assets; SBI, PNB seek time for resolution | Business Standard News
The first meeting of the high-powered committee (HPC) for resolving stress in the power sector did not see any attendance from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Lending to power sector projects will have to stop: State Bank of India | Business Standard News
The nation’s largest lender State Bank on Friday said banks will have to “abort” lending to infrastructure projects, especially to the power sector, because of the harrowing
Modi government: Demonetisation: All cost and little benefit – The Economic Times
Small enterprises were the worst hit. It stands to reason that they would have had to borrow to tide over hard times. Now that the
View: Cash ban may have driven Indians away from banks – The Economic Times
By Mihir Sharma The Indian central bank’s final tally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2016 demonetisation drive, intended to take money derived from tax evasion out of
GST: A circular that could lead to turf war between states and centre – The Economic Times
Tax experts fear that just like the earlier tax regime companies may face dual tax demands from state and central revenue authorities. In what may
Banks serving summons to defaulters through WhatsApp, emails – The Economic Times
HDFC BankNSE -0.24 % and other lenders are using WhatsApp and email to pin down defaulters of various kinds, especially those who could slip through the cracks when more traditional
Scrap sedition: Law Commission rightly questions draconian law
Given habitual and wanton misuse of sedition laws by governments, the outgoing Law Commission’s questioning of the law criminalising sedition in the Indian Penal Code
Across the aisle: Jobs- The make or break issue – The Financial Express
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines ‘interview’ as a face-to-face conversation between a journalist and a person of public interest. Keeping that in mind, the several
The question of whether demonetisation failed or succeeded is not a spiritual or a moral question – The Financial Express
It must be election season. The uniformity of the media response to the annual RBI report stating that all the demonetisation cash had been returned to the
Demonetisation debate: Why note ban was no failure but a mistake regardless | Business Standard Column
Ever since November 9, 2016, a debate has been in progress over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to demonetise high-value Indian currency. Some criticised it
Trade tensions: The current account is what counts – The Financial Express
In an increasingly interconnected global economy, cross-border trade and financial-capital linkages have come to matter more than ever. The current-account balance, the difference between a
Given this is what drove DeMo, it’s not surprising it failed – The Financial Express
With RBI confirming that just Rs 10,720 crore of the Rs 15.4 lakh crore that was demonetised in November 2016 did not come back into the banking
Companies may face higher penalties for not passing on GST rate cuts – NEWS – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Finance Ministry is considering an amendment in the law to raise penalties against companies that fail to pass on GST rate cuts to consumers.
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