Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/niti-ceo-amitabh-kant-highlights-key-areas-for-improvement-in-ease-of-doing-business-in-india/articleshow/84469627.cmsSynopsis “Action is now needed at all levels of government to rationalise and streamline forms and clearances. Single window clearances and land acquisition are
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Informally, yours: The prospects of the unorganised sector – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/the-prospects-of-the-unorganised-sector/2291332/ Non-farm informal sector wages have borne the brunt of ‘forced formalisation’; generous social welfare schemes and helping small firms key to sustaining growth
Time to be brave, stretch fiscal deficit targets if need be to aid growth: KV Kamath – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/time-to-be-brave-stretch-fiscal-deficit-targets-if-need-be-to-aid-growth-kamath/articleshow/84473244.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HP&utm_campaign=TN&utm_content=23Synopsis Kamath, who had a long stint with ICICI Bank, said he does not feel that the fiscal slippage will be very wide because
A stimulus package must stimulate the economy, not paralyse it | The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/himanta-biswa-sarma-on-modi-govt-economic-relief-package-nirmala-sitharaman-coronavirus-7406778/ Critics must realise that handing out freebies will not spur economic growth. Undoing supply-side constraints for micro, small and medium businesses is the
MSME credit and gold loan companies – lenders of last resort for fund starved small businesses – BusinessToday
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/columns/story/msme-credit-and-gold-loan-companies-lenders-of-last-resort-for-fund-starved-small-businesses-301355-2021-07-14 Commercial lenders are shying away from their primary business as they turn risk averse despite the government and the Reserve Bank of India
How Herd behaviour in stock market could compound investors’ financial woes – BusinessToday
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/columns/story/how-herd-behaviour-in-stock-market-could-compound-investors-financial-woes-301425-2021-07-15 Persistent bull-run due to herding and systematic mispricing in the market could result in substantial resource misallocation in the economy and compound financial
Is the Indian stock market in a bubble? – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/is-the-indian-stock-market-in-a-bubble/article35351937.ece Investors believe stocks are overvalued but disagree on how to play the market Since the nationwide lockdown announced by the Prime Minister in March last
Growing precarity: The Hindu Editorial on fuel prices and rising inflation – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/growing-precarity-the-hindu-editorial-on-fuel-prices-and-rising-inflation/article35352189.ece Fuel levies must be cut to ease the burden on consumers reeling under rising inflation The latest inflation data based on retail and
Loose monetary policy has run its course – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/loose-monetary-policy-has-run-its-course/article35348435.ece?homepage=true The RBI should plan for a non-disruptive withdrawal, in view of inflation and public debt management issues The global economy, struck by the
What’s driving up this frothy market? – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/whats-driving-up-this-frothy-market/article35347699.ece?homepage=true Covid stimulus, FPI inflows and cost-cutting by firms have lifted the stock market, even as the real economy is languishing People wonder why,
Ease some burden: Inflation is high. Fuel prices are distorting consumption. Taxes need to be cut
Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/ease-some-burden-inflation-is-high-fuel-prices-are-distorting-consumption-taxes-need-to-be-cut/TOI Edit Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of
India has created ‘perverse incentives’ for firms to stay small. Here’s how to fix it – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/sme-sector/india-has-created-perverse-incentives-for-firms-to-stay-small-heres-how-to-fix-it/articleshow/84429512.cms SynopsisIncentives meant to help Indian SMEs have an unintended and undesirable result. Most small businesses start small and stay small throughout their life.
Essentially non-essential! – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/essentially-non-essential/article35326761.ece?homepage=true Economists’ battle to keep their services ‘essential’ It has now been two lockdowns in Maharashtra — the nation-wide lockdown last year, and the
How India Inc benefited from the pandemic – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/how-india-inc-benefited-from-the-pandemic/article35326878.ece?homepage=true Larger listed companies gained at the expense of smaller businesses and used the period to improve their balance sheets The movement of the
Creating new money has downsides: RBI governor Shaktikanta Das – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/banking-finance/creating-new-money-has-downsides-rbi-governor-shaktikanta-das/2290409/ RBI has no rate fixation, orderly evolution of yield curve a public good, says governor He strongly rebutted the notion that a sharper
Gems, jewellery exports bounce back to pre-pandemic levels – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/gems-jewellery-exports-bounce-back-to-pre-pandemic-levels/articleshow/84403840.cmsSynopsis The overall gross exports of gems and jewellery witnessed a growth of 8.46% to Rs. 67,265.66 crore during April – June of 2021
Bibek Debroy on why there’s a need to reform the idea of reform – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/bibek-debroy-on-why-theres-a-need-to-reform-the-idea-of-reform/articleshow/84421510.cmsSynopsis Yet, when agendas are drawn up for reform, typically by economists, the institutional setting is often ignored. I have in mind the other
Normalcy returns in automobile sales during June – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/normalcy-returns-in-automobile-sales-during-june/article35319082.ece On year-on-year basis, passenger car sales doubled The domestic wholesales (dispatches from factories) of automobiles in June jumped multi-fold on a monthly basis,
Inflation stays elevated: When will the RBI act? | Deccan Herald
lipped from: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/inflation-stays-elevated-when-will-the-rbi-act-1008142.html RBI’s policy dilemma has come when many emerging markets central banks hiked interest rates in June to fight inflation while indicating more hikes
Population control fiasco | Business Standard Editorials
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/population-control-fiasco-121071301384_1.html The ill-advised two-child policy must be reviewed A new draft Bill prepared by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Law Commission seeks to bar people having more
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