India improved its ranking on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index for the second straight year, jumping 23 places to the 77th spot, but the
Category: Economy
Commerce Ministry working with FinMin, PMO to improve export credit: Suresh Prabhu – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Commerce Ministry is working with the Finance Ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office to sort out the problem of availability of finance for the
Rupee may pause temporarily – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Indian rupee continues to retain strength against the US dollar. Indeed, the currency made its best weekly gains since March 2016. The rupee strengthened
Fuzzy forecasts – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Centre should take the emerging bearish forecasts for oil with a pinch of salt An audible sigh of relief has gone around Indian economy
The billion-dollar question on rupee: Is it going back to 69? – The Financial Express
Rupee has strengthened sharply, gaining more than 5% since the dog days of October. Around mid-August, Trump’s impending sanctions against Iran (amidst his general railing)
NBFC problem is one of insolvency, not liquidity – The Financial Express
Going by the substantial rollovers and new issuances of commercial paper (CP) by NBFCs, in November so far, there seems to be no crisis. The
Note-ban impact transient; economy now robust: RBI Governor to Parliamentary panel – The Economic Times
The RBI governor appeared before the panel days after the RBI’s face-off with the finance ministry over a range of issues. In an apparent defence
Credit growth to real economy healthy, says RBI – The Economic Times
On liquidity, the government argues implementation of Basel III capital norms for banks, which are lower than the norms prescribed by the central bank. As
Working on ways to help Indian firms become global giants: Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar – The Economic Times
Rajiv Kumar emphasised that India’s large and growing economy should give a strong base for our companies to improve scale and become global. The Niti
[ Economy Deficit Financing ] Tight corner – The Hindu BusinessLine
With its other macro indicators in not-so-great shape, it is worrying that India’s fiscal deficit numbers should now threaten to overshoot targets for this fiscal.
Why import curbs won’t stop the fall of Indian rupee; here’s how to deal with it–Business Today
The rupee is rapidly hurtling towards the 75 mark against the dollar. Far from its economic rationale, a falling rupee is often seen as a
MSME: Government readies loan, social security plan for MSMEs – The Economic Times
The government is set to announce a package of benefits for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) spread across 80 clusters that will cover credit flow, steps to improve
GOI’s T20 vs RBI’s test match: Viral Acharya takes on government for trying to get RBI to relax PCA – The Financial Express
A government’s horizon of decision-making is rendered short like a T20 match, he said, using a cricketing analogy. RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya on Friday ripped
Steps soon to ease liquidity crunch: Rajiv Kumar, Financial Services Secretary – The Financial Express
Financial services secretary Rajiv Kumar said on Friday that some steps are being planned to ease the liquidity crunch being faced by non-banking finance companies
Market can discipline govt: RBI’s Viral Acharya in hard-hitting speech on centre’s interference; top 5 quotes – The Financial Express
Viral Acharya’s hard-hitting speech at AD Shroff Memorial Lecture, Mumbai has come amid a tug of war between going on between the RBI and the government.
Across the Aisle: Things fall apart; Centre cannot hold – The Financial Express
here is an old saying ‘Misfortunes don’t come singly’. It seems that the gods are not smiling on the Indian economy. Look at the bad
Govt-regulator consultation the way to go, says FM Arun Jaitley | Business Standard News
A day after Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya cautioned that the governments that did not respect their central bank’s independence would incur the wrath of financial
An evolving economy needs dynamic regulation, says Arun Jaitley | Business Standard News
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said as an economy evolves, regulation needs to be relaxed or altered keeping in the mind the ground situation. Speaking at an
India’s fiscal deficit touches 95.3% of full-year target in just 6 months – The Financial Express
India’s fiscal deficit in the first half of the year has touched 95.3% of the full-year Budget Estimates (BE), the government data showed. The fiscal
View: Rupee has slipped way too much and needs to be reined in – The Economic Times-R
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