Category: Economy

Helping farmers to manage their unviable debt is definitely not a moral hazard, as has been advocated in some quarters. The world is no stranger

US Monetary Policy: The Fed should be congratulated for its steadfast commitment to policy normalisation – The Financial Express

Are were increasingly compelling reasons to question the Fed’s stewardship of the US economy. That now appears to be changing. Notwithstanding howls of protest from

Rural distress 2018: False cures galore | Business Standard Column

After the new Congress state governments announced the promised agriculture loan waivers, party president Rahul Gandhi thundered that he will not let the prime minister sleep until

India’s exports are steadily rising, but import bill hurts much more | Business Standard News

Indian exports have grown steadily in the last three years. And as Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu recently said, the country’s export performance has been extremely good

हाच विकासाचा रस्ता | Maharashtra Times

हाच विकासाचा रस्ता एकीकडे चीनसारखा देश काही तासांत बहुमजली इमारती उठविण्याचे प्रात्यक्षिक घडवून जगाला चकित करीत असताना भारतात भूमिपूजनानंतर २१ वर्षांनी सामरिक आणि दळणवळणाच्या दृष्टीने

Bogibeel bridge: many advantages | Deccan Herald

With the inauguration of the Bogibeel bridge, connectivity in the North-East has received a shot in the arm. The 4.9-km-long bridge, which spans the River

Right move on land in Chhattisgarh–Economic Times

“Buy land,” said Mark Twain, “they aren’t making it any more.” That insight has inspired many companies in India, irrespective of the future of projects

India’s exports performance good despite global headwinds; but here’s why Suresh Prabhu isn’t happy – The Financial Express

India is preparing a specific strategy for exports to each geography as part of plans to make 2019 a year when outward shipments would start

Farm Income-Old ideas, no solutions | Business Standard Editorials

Some of the key suggestions for lifting the farm economy, mooted by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog in its recently released “Strategy

Inheritance Tax and Farm Waiver–Unpopular thoughts to end the year with | Business Standard Column

As the year winds down, it is time to reflect on what lies ahead in the new year. This column will speak about, at the

Crude oil: Oil plunges 6% as economic slowdown fears grip market – The Economic Times

Oil prices plunged more than 6 per cent to the lowest level in more than a year on Monday, pulling back sharply late in the

A shiny new start for Indian steel–Economic Times

Resolution of stressed bank assets under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has led to solid transformation in steel. Domestic steel majors have bid aggressively

View: Modinomics won’t bring in achhe din in the short term – The Economic Times

by R Jagannathan The term achhe din may mean many things to many people. But in mass electoral terms, it ought to mean two simple

Monetary policy in 2018: Targeting inflation in uncertain times wasn’t easy – The Financial Express

This was because headline inflation, pulled down by sharp undershooting of food price inflation, masked adverse movements in the underlying trends of other key elements

Farm loan waivers: Double-edged sword for banks & farmers – The Financial Express

By Kushankur Dey Farm loan waivers amounting to more than Rs 85,000 crore in the two consecutive financial years (2017-18 and 2018-19) announced by various

All eyes on Trump’s whims and fancies – The Hindu BusinessLine

What strategic moves would Adolf Hitler have made if the atomic bomb had been invented in the early 1930s? Would he have risked nuclear annihilation

How the growth of self-employed entrepreneurs is a bitter-sweet success | Business Standard Column

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often emphasised the importance of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs do not make a claim on a job available in the labour market but, they provide jobs to others

Saving the ‘suited-booted’–Deccan Chronicle