Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/budget/bad-debt-budget-set-to-remodel-arcs/2168333/ Earlier this fiscal, chief economic adviser Krishnamurthy V Subramanian had told FE that several “important considerations need to be kept in mind” while
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Optimism unbounded: The Hindu Editorial on signs of an economic recovery – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/optimism-unbounded-the-hindu-editorial-on-signs-of-an-economic-recovery/article33532265.ece NSO projections of GDP seem overly optimistic even as the economy rebounds The first advanced estimates of economic output for the current financial
Need to build back U.S. economy better so that it lifts up everyone, says Kamala Harris – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/need-to-build-back-us-economy-better-so-that-it-lifts-up-everyone-says-kamala-harris/article33536370.ece US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Harris will take the oath of office on January 20. U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has
Will work-from-home give a boost to female employment?–times of india
Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Swaminomics/will-work-from-home-give-a-boost-to-female-employment/SA Aiyar Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar is consulting editor of The Economic Times. He has frequently been a consultant to the World Bank and
Today’s Opinion, Opinion Articles, Stories, Analysis and Columnist | Hindustan Times
Clipped from: https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/agrireforms-must-focus-on-women-farmers-101610205084656.html opinion Agri-reforms must focus on women farmers By Lalita PanickerPUBLISHED ON JAN 09, 2021 08:41 PM ISTWomen have been part of the agrarian crisis
Court review of farm laws welcome–economic times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-editorials/court-review-of-farm-laws-welcome/ET Edit Quick takes, analyses and macro-level views on all contemporary economic, financial and political events. One proposal from the Centre in the course
Indian economy heading towards V-shaped recovery in 2021: Assocham – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/indian-economy-heading-towards-v-shaped-recovery-in-2021-assocham/articleshow/80200329.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HPTN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=23Synopsis The industry chamber said it expects immense accruals of economic benefits from the COVID-19 vaccination programme about to be rolled out. New Delhi:
Govt should prefer growth to fiscal consolidation: Former RBI Governor C Rangarajan – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/govt-should-prefer-growth-to-fiscal-consolidation-ranga/articleshow/80202374.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HPTN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=23Synopsis Rangarajan pegged the fiscal deficit for the current year at 6-7% of gross domestic product against the government’s target of 3.5%, adding that
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari assures regulator for steel, cement industry to curb cartelisation – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/cement/cement-factories-exploiting-market-situation-says-gadkari/articleshow/80198413.cmsSynopsis Real estate developers, for the last few months, have been alleging cartelisation by cement and steel manufacturers and seeking government intervention to regulate
Govt creates special unit in Income Tax dept for probe into undisclosed foreign assets – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/govt-creates-special-unit-in-income-tax-department-for-probe-into-undisclosed-foreign-assets/articleshow/80199039.cmsSynopsis The taxman now has huge data coming in from various international and domestic sources to check possible illegal foreign assets holding of an
Biden to announce trillions of dollars in coronavirus relief next week | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/biden-to-announce-trillions-of-dollars-in-coronavirus-relief-next-week-121011000061_1.html US President-elect calls for raising the minimum wage to $15 and for sending out $2,000 in direct cash payments. US President-elect Joe Biden said Americans
India’s fuel demand at 11-month high in December amid economic recovery | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-s-fuel-demand-at-11-month-high-in-december-amid-economic-recovery-121010900497_1.html India’s fuel demand rose for the fourth straight month in December India’s fuel demand rose for the fourth straight month in December as the resumption
Need to think beyond minimum support prices – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/need-to-think-beyond-minimum-support-prices/2167394/ The need is to consolidate farmers, either through cooperatives or FPOs, for producing demand-driven crops for export By PK Joshi & AK Padhee
Pick growth over fiscal considerations – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/pick-growth-over-fiscal-considerations/2167398/ Budget FY22 must explore non-tax avenues to raise resources, such as accelerated disinvestment, long-term pandemic bonds, pledging of PSU shares to RBI, and
Good riddance to Trump but the real threat to world health, security is Xi Jinping – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/view-good-riddance-to-trump-but-the-real-threat-to-world-health-security-is-xi-jinping/articleshow/80190952.cmsSynopsis The key question to be asked now is whether Trump’s successor will have the toughness to take on China, who, under Xi Jinping,
Veena S Rao writes: Improving diet of low-income households is only way to address chronic malnutrition
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/covid-19-pandemic-anaemia-malnutrition-7139073/ Raising the diet of our people from subsistence level to higher levels of nourishment by overcoming the triple deficit is the only way
Banking’s game of pretend: It’s time we recognised the fate of govt banks | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/banking-s-game-of-pretend-it-s-time-we-recognised-the-fate-of-govt-banks-121010801185_1.html The only feasible way to have a healthy banking sector could be making it mostly private, along with two or three large, better-run
Loans to bottom of pyramid pick up, but repayments still a concern – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/money/loans-to-bottom-of-pyramid-pick-up-but-repayments-still-a-concern/articleshow/80170643.cmsSynopsis As the loan moratorium period came to a close in August 2020, early delinquencies by value risky portfolio which were upto 30 days
India’s digital economy will go from prepaid to postpaid in the new decade: Nandan Nilekani – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/indias-digital-economy-will-go-from-prepaid-to-postpaid-in-the-new-decade-nandan-nilekani/articleshow/80175261.cmsSynopsis The move of the digital economy from a prepaid to postpaid is going to drive a huge cycle of consumption as well as
India must policy-push itself away from a protectionist mindset and compete globally – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/view-india-must-policy-push-itself-away-from-a-protectionist-mindset-and-compete-globally/articleshow/80176370.cmsSynopsis Protection raises inefficiency, increases input costs for user industries, hurts manufacturing exports and prompts retaliation by trading partners. Corporate India has lobbied Finance