The Centre’s infusion of a whopping ₹88,000-odd crore of capital into ailing public sector banks sometime back should have raised a furore. After all, it
Category: Economy
SMEs to create jobs in India: Chris Zook, Bain’s global strategy co-head – The Economic Times–04.03.2018
In an interview to TOI on the sidelines of the Economic Times Global Business Summit, Zook backs the creation of Indian homegrown multinationals and says
Jaitley s Decisive Budget -Minhaz Merchant – BW Businessworld–02.03.2018
This is Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s last chance: the 2018-19 Union Budget, scheduled for February 1, will be Jaitley’s fifth Budget. With the Lok Sabha
The Indian Economy Limbers Up-Minhaz Merchant – BW Businessworld–02.03.2018
As the BJP and Congress internalise the lessons of the 2017 Gujarat assembly election, two questions arise. First, how will Prime Minister Narendra Modi calibrate
Growth inches up: GDP data shows economy is recovering but consumption growth slowdown is worrying–Times of India–02.03.2018
The economy grew at 7.2% in the October-December quarter, the fastest pace of growth we have seen in a little over a year. The positive
Low interest rate party over: Here is why top banks hiking MCLR is not good news | The Indian Express–02.03.2018
A day after the Central Statistics Office’s data confirmed that the Indian economy was firmly on the road to recovery, with annual growth in gross
[Economy] A cautious hope | The Indian Express–02.03.2018
Before this year’s budget, the Economic Survey had suggested that economic management would be challenging in the coming year. Amid the negative sentiment because of
Indian economy is bouncing back, but 7% growth might not be high enough | Mihir Sharma | business news | Hindustan Times–02.03.2018
It’s hard to cheer a recovery when you shouldn’t have had anything to recover from in the first place.(Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg) The Indian economy has been
Rising bond yields in India are driving away the country’s biggest banks | business news | Hindustan Times–02.03.2018
State Bank of India posted its first quarterly loss in 17 years in the three months through December 31, partly due to a decline in
Q3 numbers suggest GDP growth is on the right path, finally | Business Standard News–01.03.2018
India regained its status as the world’s fastest growing major economy in the October-December quarter, surpassing China for the first time. Asia’s third-largest economy grew
Q3FY18 GDP growth at 7.2% is not great but isn’t bad either: Here’s why | Business Standard Column–01.03.2018
So, in vindication of what the government has been saying, GDP during the third quarter of 2017-18 has grown by 7.2%. It had grown by
Ex-RBI governor Subbarao cautions govt against deficit, import duties | Business Standard News–01.03.2018—–*****
Former RBI governor D Subbarao today cautioned against India’s deficit challenge and said the country is no longer the sweet spot due to rising oil
Fiscal deficit overshoots full-year revised estimate in Jan – The Hindu–01.03.2018—–*****
India’s fiscal deficit touched Rs 6.77 lakh crore at the end of January, 113.7 per cent of the target for the entire fiscal, on account
Donald Trump mocks India’s import duty cut on Harley Davidson bikes; mimics PM Modi along the way–Business Today–28.02.2018
For a second time in two weeks, US President Donald Trump raked up the issue of import duties on Harley-Davidson motorcycles in India. Speaking at
[Budget] Big Bonanza *Conditions Apply- Business Today –28.02.2018—–*****
The Union Finance Minister actually presents two different Budgets every year. The first is the Budget his speech is all about – it focuses on
Courting the Rural Base- Business Today–28.02.2018—–*****
The focus of the last full Union Budget before the Narendra Modi-led NDA government gets into poll-mode before the 2019 elections has been on farmers
MSME–Good Job- Business News–Business Today–28.02.2018—–*****
During his election campaign in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to create 10 million new jobs if elected to power. In practice, unemployment
Mr. Rajiv Kumar-Niti Aayog–] All Geared to boost farm income- Business Today–28.02.2018—–*****
This is perhaps the first budget which brings the farmer and rural India to the centre of economic policy and fiscal allocations. It lays the
Anti-People, Anti-Farmer- Business Today–Capt Amarinder Singh–Chief Minister Punjab–28.02.2018
To expect the Opposition party to praise any government policy, especially the Union Budget, is quite unthinkable. In fact, political expediency necessitates open and hard-hitting
Narendra Modi: View: Sorry Mr Modi, yours is a good but incomplete report card – The Economic Times–28.02.2018—–*****
Modi declared his ‘Make in India’ programme was a success, even as job creation is nowhere near the promised 100 million. At the Economic Times