At the time the Union government was formulating its MSP-based deficiency payments scheme, this newspaper pointed out that the costs of this could be at
Category: Economy
A temporary reprieve: Bond market cheer may fade due to underlying problems | Business Standard Editorials–29.03.2018
On Monday, the Union government released details of its plan for market borrowing in the first half of the coming financial year. In what came as a pleasant surprise
Rate of change: Free market lessons for RBI – The Financial Express–28.03.2018–Incomplete
That RBI is deeply concerned about poor transmission of its monetary actions is well known. Bank credit is a major link in the transmission process in which
Justice cannot be blind to the economy – Business Line–28.03.2018
It’s time for Indian courts to ensure that their rulings do not have an adverse impact on the economy Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has called
Why services sector is the growth engine of Indian economy – The Financial Express–27.03.2018
India’s dominant services sector is not called the economic engine without reason. India’s dominant services sector is not called the economic engine without reason. The sector,
Fixed-term contractual employment: A small move in the right direction | Business Standard Column–27.03.2018
Last week the Union government took a baby step in the right direction. It made it easier for industry to hire labour contractually for a
Panagariya makes strong case for privatisation of PSBs – The Hindu–25.03.2018
Former NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya has made a strong case for the privatisation of public sector banks with the exception of State Bank of India (SBI),
Narendra Modi: PM Narendra Modi says guaranteed crop prices to take all costs into account – The Economic Times–25.03.2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday a planned increase in guaranteed price for farm goods will be based on the comprehensive cost of production including land
Across the aisle: Change begins with words and ideas – The Financial Express–25.03.2018
Measuring growth is a problem. It is a bigger problem if you change the rules in the middle of the game. GDP is the gross
Why Modi should avoid a showdown with Trump in global trade war – The Financial Express–24.03.2018
The global trade war is out in the open and the man who is waging this war is United States President Donald Trump. Elected in
It’s US-China trade war, India does not need to get involved: Arvind Virmani – The Financial Express–24.03.2018
It’s US-China trade war, India does not need to get involved: Arvind Virmani Asserting that even India is not a champion of the open economy,
Rising risks — on Fed rate hike – The Hindu–24.03.2018
The U.S. Federal Reserve continues to slowly pull away the punch bowl as the party gets going. This week the Fed raised its benchmark short-term
PNB fraud: Need to rethink over PSBs ownership if to ward frauds off in future: CEA Arvind Subramanian – The Economic Times–23.03.2018
Pitching for radical reforms in the banking sector, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian today said that time has come for rethinking on the ownership
Fed rate hike makes inflation a concern–Editorial in Economic Times–23.03.2018
The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise policy rates by 25 basis points to 1.75% and forecast a steeper path of hike in 2019 and 2020
After Paul Krugman warns of ‘mass unemployment’, Raghuram Rajan says AI threatens skilled jobs – The Financial Express–23.03.2018
Days after nobel laureate Paul Krugman warned that India could end up in mass unemployment if it fails to upgrade manufacturing and services, former rockstar
Worry for Modi? UBS sees India’s external finances at risk despite high forex reserves – The Financial Express–23-03-2018
India’s record foreign exchange reserves somewhat mask the country’s vulnerability on its external finances. That’s the takeaway from a note by UBS Group AG’s India
India’s CAD trouble to not end soon! ICRA says it may treble to $10-12 billion this quarter – The Financial Express– 23-03.2018
The country’s current account deficit (CAD) is likely to treble to USD 10-12 billion in the fourth quarter of the current financial year, against the
Is the economy back on track? – The Hindu
YES |Jagdish Shettigar Disturbances on account of demonetisation and GST were purely short term Looking at various indicators such as an increasing trend in the
Chinese cars: Second wave of Chinese goods could be invading your parking lot – The Economic Times–22.03.2018
SAIC Motor will introduce the Morris Garages (MG) brand in India in 2019. China has become synonymous with cheap goods in India. But that can
All that is needed is political courage to clean up PSBs’ governance | Business Standard Column–22.03.2018
The last edition of this column spoke about the unaddressed vital reform of ownership of public sector banks that is holding back governance of these
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