The stock market has been going up, even as bad news piles up on the real economy. What explains this and what are its implications?
Category: Economy
Centre Planning To Come Up With Lottery Scheme For GST Paying Customers – BW Businessworld
The Ministry of Finance is planning to come up with a lottery scheme to lure customers to pay Goods and Services Tax (GST). This will
Despite demonetisation and RERA, builders still asking for cash – The Economic Times
In most of the land transactions, cash is usually insisted by either parties to avoid the tax incidence. Indians’ love affair with cash purchases shows little signs
Unreliably variable employment numbers–Economic Times
The drop in unemployment rates, revealed by the labour force indicators for urban areas released by the National Statistical Office, should not lull us into
Corporate tax cut, new Fund good for property sector | Deccan Herald
A moot point now, in the residential real estate space, is whether the industry will use the new-found liquidity to bring down prices and piled up
Morality-play can’t be good governance – The Financial Express
Prime minister Narendra Modi struck the right note when, at a conclave of the CAG on transforming audit, he spoke of how CAG needed to—apart from using
Bring seniors back into policy discourse–Deccan Chronicle
As many as 71 per cent of India’s senior citizens reside in rural areas while 29 per cent live in urban areas almost mirroring the
Massive effort required to restore growth momentum | Deccan Herald
India’s economic slowdown has now become quite evident. The reasons are both cyclical and structural. It seems to have been largely fashioned by domestic factors.
From Plate to Plough: Give farmers their due credit | The Indian Express
Normally, a sector’s credit off-take is a sign of its health. Higher the off-take, the better the sector’s performance. There has been a healthy off-take
Sliding economy needs serious structural fixes–Times of India
When Narendra Modi was re-elected, optimists expected GDP growth to accelerate to 8%. Alas, it is plummeting towards 4%, having fallen steadily in the last
ऊस डोंगा परि…लोकसत्ता
साखरेचे यंदा घटणारे उत्पादन ही इष्टापत्ती समजून, पुढील वर्षांच्या शेतीच्या नियोजनात अतिरिक्त ऊस लावला जाणार नाही याची काळजी घेणे आवश्यक आहे.. साखर हा महाराष्ट्राच्या अर्थकारणातील
viral acharya: Monetary policy can’t solve structural problems, it can only address cyclical shocks: Viral Acharya – The Economic Times
Jamal Mecklai of Mecklai Financial Services said the global economy was in a mess and the excess of liquidity was the main culprit. The problems
$5-trillion GDP needs 12.4% nominal growth a year, says NITI Aayog | Business Standard News
Gross domestic product (GDP) in India at current prices needs to grow by 12.4 per cent annually over the next five years for the country to
Top 5 payment challenges faced by SMEs, the growth engines of Indian economy–Business Today
SMEs are the backbone of the Indian economy, and key contributors to the $5 trillion Indian economy target. Unprecedented action-oriented focus on the issues faced
India becoming $5 trillion economy by 2025 ‘simply out of question’: Ex-RBI Governor C Rangarajan | Business News, The Indian Express
Claiming that India will need another 22 years of sustained growth to become a “developed country,” former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor C Rangarajan
$5-trillion GDP target simply out of question: Former RBI Governor C Rangarajan – The Economic Times
Stating that the economy is in bad shape, former Reserve Bank governor C Rangarajan has said at the current growth rate, reaching the USD 5-trillion GDP target
साखरेची दुहेरी कोंडी –महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
साखरेची दुहेरी कोंडी आधी कोरड्या आणि आता ओल्या दुष्काळाच्या छायेत अडकलेल्या ऊसउत्पादकांमागचा अडचणींचा फेरा काही हटायला तयार नाही. राज्यात सरकारच जागेवर नसल्याने आणि सत्तेचा खेळ
Slowdown due to Centre’s failed economic policies, says Amit Mitra | Business Standard News
Blaming demonetisation and the “ill-implemented” goods and services tax regime for the current economic slowdown, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra (pictured) on Thursday hit out at the central government for
Demonetisation bump over, taxman needs a new plan, quickly – The Financial Express
In the case of personal income taxes, buoyancy levels more than doubled to 2.3 in FY17, and are now back to pre-demonetisation levels. With direct
Needed: A white paper on the Indian economy | Business Standard Column
The Indian economy is going through a phase in which it is difficult to spot a piece of good news. Economic growth is slowing. Exports