Financial year 2019-20 (FY20) begins on a rather sombre note, despite expectation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and buoyancy in the
Category: Economy
Yashwant Sinha, BJP’s rebel with a cause, on GST to top BJP leaders | Business Standard
On a cold winter day, Sinha sits snug near an oil heater behind a wooden desk in the small but well-furnished study of his tastefully
Roll-out of new, simplified monthly GST return forms deferred | Business Standard News
The pilot project envisaged for rolling out simplified monthly goods and services tax (GST) return forms from April 1 has been deferred and the new
New welfare paradigm – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Congress’ basic income proposal hasn’t been thought through The Congress’ tall promise of paying ₹72,000 a year into the bank accounts of about five
Fifth Column: If Rahul Gandhi believes his NYAY is going to make a difference, he is wrong | The Indian Express
Rahul Gandhi declared that if the Congress is voted to power, every ‘poor’ Indian will get Rs 72,000 a year ‘delivered straight into his bank
Across the aisle: Nyay for the very poor | The Indian Express
Finally, a political party has found the courage to bite the bullet. For too long we have ducked the issue, declined to face the moral
Low inflation under Modi helping poor, says CEA Subramanian; here’s what he says on RBI’s monetary policy – The Financial Express
Global challenges such as muted exports and slow credit growth posed a challenge for some time, said Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian. Inflation has remained
CEA Subramanian counters Raghuram Rajan on GDP data: Controversy baseless; growth best since liberalisation – The Financial Express
He said that GST and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) were transformational reforms by the current government. Responding to the doubts raised by former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan,
NYAY, PM KISAN problematic, target narrow group: Arvind Subramanian | Business Standard News
The Narendra Modi government’s new flagship scheme PM Kisan, as well as the Congress’ NYAY scheme do not meet the criterion of being good, targeted universal basic income (UBI)
View: Congress’ NYAY scheme is neither fair nor feasible – The Economic Times
By Arvind Panagariya Congress’ minimum income scheme, Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY), raises several puzzling questions. Congress president Rahul Gandhi stated his party worked on the scheme for six months and consulted
Debtors need to honour contracts, says chief economic advisor – The Economic Times
If the country has to be disruptor to occupy its place among other developed countries, it has to follow a culture of ensuring debtors honour
Exporters under the scanner for claiming tax benefits twice – The Economic Times
Many exporters have come under the taxman’s lens for claiming tax credit for the same export twice under the inverted duty structure. Those who have received notices
Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY difficult to implement; Arvind Panagariya raises 3 key questions – The Financial Express
The incentive compatibility, fairness and fiscal challenge are the three key concerns raised by the first vice chairman of NITI Aayog for two years from
GST magic dulls as govt stares at huge tax shortfall – The Financial Express
Even when the budget was presented, the much lower projection of a 13.5% growth in FY20 tax collections suggested the government also realized that the
Auto Sector–Throttling back – The Hindu BusinessLine
Production cutbacks in the auto sector suggest that the economy too is slowing down The domestic auto industry, which began this fiscal on a high
The Congress’s NYAY plan is just a palliative | analysis | Hindustan Times
Rahul Gandhi’s promise of a minimum basic income, the biggest income transfer programme to be announced, is fraught with challenges. There is a fundamental problem
Raghuram Rajan questions Narendra Modi’s minimum govt, maximum governance promise – The Economic Times
Former Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan Wednesday questioned the ‘minimum government and maximum governance’ promise of the Narendra Modi regime, saying the state has gained more power sans any
bad loans: How bad loan mess is hurting lesser-rated borrowers as well as banks – The Economic Times
Bankers acknowledge that the pivot toward better credit profile could leave some companies behind. Best of the Breed: That’s the central hiring mandate to HR
Raghuram Rajan behind Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income scheme? Here’s what former RBI governor said – The Financial Express
Former Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan Wednesday admitted that he has offered his views to the Congress leadership on the Nyay scheme, wherein the main Opposition party is promising
Congress’ NYAY cutoff is nothing but Tendulkar – The Financial Express
For two and a half days, the media was full of discussion, and interpretation, of the Congress’s proposal to alleviate poverty (hereafter pap or PAP). In