Nitin Gadkari is the Union minister in charge of all forms of transport by road and water. He oversees development of almost 46,000 km of
Category: Economy
T N Ninan: The sub-seven reality | Business Standard Column–09.09.2017
How many years does it take to establish a trend? If you take the last six years (2011-17), the economy has grown by an estimated
Raghuram Rajan: Govt shouldn’t have done chest-thumping on growth | Business Line–09.09.2017
Very strong GDP expansion needed for 10 years With India trailing China on economic growth post demonetisation, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has said
The economists are coming: Some popular fallacies propagated by economic experts, and their policy consequences–09.09.2017
Inbreeding has its dangers, especially among prominent families. It is also dangerous among prominent disciplines, economics being a case in point. As policy makers like
Calling black white | The Indian Express–09.09.2017
Demonetisation has led to much pain. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised that the pain would last only for 50 days, but would benefit the
Focus on infra, power, exports to boost growth: Raghuram Rajan to govt | Business Standard News–08.09.2017
A week after gross domestic product growth touched a three-year low of 5.7 per cent in June, the lowest in the Narendra Modi government’s tenure,
Making farming remunerative | Business Standard Editorials–08.09.2017
The Madhya Pradesh government’s new scheme of compensating farmers in cash for their failure to get the minimum support prices (MSP) is a welcome measure.
Priorities for Mr Prabhu | Business Standard Column–08.09.2017
Suresh Prabhu has become the Minister of Commerce and Industry at a critical juncture when the gross domestic product growth has dipped to 5.7 per
Lessons learnt and unlearnt | Business Standard Column–Mr. Rajwade–08.09.2017
Both the annual report of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the gross domestic product (GDP) data for the first quarter of 2017-18 came
NPAs: Post-demonetisation economy: Exorcising DeMo’s demons – The Economic Times–08.09.2017
GoI should expeditiously complete already launched reforms in the bankruptcy law, rules and procedures, and the clean-up of the NPAs in PSBs. From the GDP
NPA: RBI Deputy governor Viral Acharya suggests selling off PSU bank laggards – The Economic Times–08.09.2017
Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Viral Acharya has suggested that deposit franchise of state run banks which are in the ‘intensive care unit’ be
Raghuram Rajan: Demonetisation put new interest burden on RBI as people found ways to convert black money | business-news | Hindustan Times–08.09.2017
The failure to stop dodgy cash coming back into the banking system after demonetisation has likely burdened the Reserve Bank of India with additional interest
Raghuram Rajan speaks on demonetisation, economy and life after RBI: Full text of interview | business-news | Hindustan Times–08.09.2017
Economist and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan speaks to HT about the impact of demonetisation, the benefits of GST, Indians’ knack for ‘jugaad’ and working
Demonetisation: now a proven failure? – The Hindu–08.09.2017
Arun Kumar Demonetisation as a means of tackling the black economy was destined to fail. It was carried out on the incorrect premise that black
Social revolution in a JAM – The Hindu–08.09.2017
Equality in the digital space is different from empowering Indians in the bricks-and-mortar world In a post on Facebook made on the third anniversary of
Narendra Modi: Modi’s 1 crore jobs challenge may be biggest re-election risk – The Economic Times–07.09.2017
With job creation seen as his government’s biggest failing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi replaced both ministers in charge of employment. Their successors face an uphill
Weak investment demand bigger challenge than GST, noteban, say experts – The Financial Express–07.09.2017
India’s economic activity lost momentum in the June quarter and critics blamed GST as well as demonetisation for the slip, but its weak investment demand
India GDP growth to re-accelerate as GST impact fades, says Morgan Stanley report – The Financial Express–07.09.2017
Economic activity in the country lost some pace amid GST related disruptions but underlying growth momentum remains strong and the country may clock 6.7 per
Unprecedented black money crackdown launched by Narendra Modi government – The Financial Express–07.09.2017
Deregistering over 2 lakh companies—and, in the process, freezing their accounts—for failing to comply with statutory obligations to present information relating to their finances and
GDP dip in face of global recovery worrying: Rajan | Business Line–07.09.2017
It is a matter of concern that India’s economy is slowing down even as the global environment is picking up, says former RBI Governor Raghuram